for every intelligent logical theory
about the world’s history there’s one
that is just strange he also believed
that the Sun was only 32 miles across
not 860,000 welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 bizarre alternate theories of
history the human race will become one
found in the world the abode of
reasonable men for this list we’re
looking at those theories that people
once or somehow still do believe about
the past however we’re not including
prophecies such as the prediction of the
end of the world in 2012 now the victims
and we’ve seen many are said to have
adhere to the Mayan quiche calendar
which predicts the end of time to occur
on the 21st of December of this year nor
are we including creation myths like the
idea that we all live on the back of a
turtle
number 10 the garbage theory many
bizarre theories of history involve
aliens in one way or another secret of
electricity was given to the Egyptians
by the extraterrestrials but none is as
gross as the garbage theory suggested by
Thomas Gould of Cornell University this
theory states that humans essentially
evolved from garbage that was left on
earth by visiting aliens thousands of
years ago we guess this could explain
why humans produce an enormous amount of
trash perhaps it’s just in our DNA and
launched the garbage into outer space
some experts claim the ball might return
to Earth someday but the concerns were
dismissed as depressing number 9 the zoo
hypothesis
yeah the system zoo can enlighten you
from one alien theory to another the zoo
theory suggests that aliens not only
exist but are also completely aware of
the human species on earth it even goes
so far as to say that aliens won’t make
contact with us
until we reach a specific technological
political or ethical standard
essentially we’re like animals in a zoo
if the animals had no idea they were
being watched by thousands of people
it’s fake number eight the matrix theory
or simulation hypothesis is just fantasy
is there a chance one of us could be neo
according to this theory yes you are a
slave neo like everyone else you were
born into bondage born into a prison
that you cannot smell or taste or touch
some scientists have hypothesized that
we actually live in a computer program
and human life is essentially one large
simulation basically life’s just one big
game of the Sims always broken the
toilet as well that has to be replaced
of course we have no way of knowing
whether this is true or not
because these computers stimulate our
minds and create our reality making us
think that what we are experiencing is
real obviously this feels real but but
it mean I mean it seems unlikely to be
real number seven expanding or growing
earth hypothesis that huge Canyon it
wasn’t there this morning and
400 miles for the North went Reyes same
thing believe it or not this theory was
first suggested by Charles Darwin hey
even geniuses have an off day however if
you ignore plate tectonics this theory
could make some sense it states that the
earth is always expanding the continents
were originally part of a large
supercontinent but instead of drifting
apart
they separated because the earth
expanded surprisingly there are still
present date advocates of this theory
proving that some people will believe
absolutely anything this means that the
earth is accelerating in its growth in
the last 65 million years
earth nearly doubled in size at least
this theory is slightly more plausible
than the geophysical global cooling
hypothesis which claims that the earth
is contracting now that is just
ridiculous dude number 6 the sky is a
ceiling essentially the idea here is
that earth is one giant box or container
that we live in and that the sky is the
top or uppermost limit of that box
[Music]
in other words the sky is a ceiling this
is a notion that goes back to ancient
Egypt of course the invention of the
telescope and eventually space travel
disproved this theory everybody good
plenty of slaves for my robot colony get
away humor setting so he’d fit in better
with his unit makes it relax is this
number five the Hollow Earth hypothesis
okay so we know that the earth is not a
ceiling but what if what we saw in the
sky was actually located in the center
of the earth that’s the basis for this
theory which was hypothesized as far
back as the late 17th century perhaps
even earlier depending on your sources
but became popular in the early 19th
century thanks to John Cleves Symmes jr.
the US Army officer and lecturer stated
that the earth was a shell over 800
miles thick with openings at both poles
u.s. President John Quincy Adams even
supported a potential expedition to the
North Pole hole but thankfully Andrew
Jackson stopped it before it could even
begin it’s a see it’s an ocean waves and
currents the ocean of the underworld
number 4 the Anunnaki aliens giant
beings with muscular bodies wearing
things that look like wristwatches
thanks in large part to the History
Channel many people believe that aliens
were somehow involved with ancient
civilizations could it have been an
alien race known as the Anunnaki they
were in a sense extraterrestrials they
walked the earth they ruled people the
Anunnaki were the gods in Mesopotamian
cultures in particular the Sumerian
Pantheon but this theory suggests that
they were actually a race of aliens that
settled on planet earth to mine gold the
real question is why did aliens need
gold perhaps the answer can be found not
here on earth but on another planet
number three the Illuminati through
history the Illuminati they disappeared
hundreds of years ago did they look at
that again it’s an amber driven it’s the
same image forward and backward you may
be surprised to learn that there once
was an actual group considered to be the
real Illuminati while today the term
applies to several groups it usually
refers specifically to the Bavarian
Illuminati a secret society that was
founded in 1776 but be Illuminati were
infiltrators there wasn’t a powerful
organization on earth they didn’t
penetrate including the Vatican by
hiding in plain sight while most people
believe that the society essentially
ended in 1790 some theory suggests that
the group survived and was responsible
for several important historical events
including the French Revolution and the
assassination of JFK several modern
organizations also claimed to be related
to the original group some of us are
against the Illuminati we are against
Illuminati at our own detriment
when people are against the Illuminati
then they get punched in the face all
the time
number 2 Lemuria and Atlantis now some
of you may ask why Atlantis it’s just a
myth isn’t it pure fantasy well that is
where you’d be wrong most people know
the story of Atlantis an island that
allegedly submerged into the Atlantic
Ocean
Lemuria has a similar story supposedly
it was a landmass that was located in
the Indian and Pacific Oceans the theory
of Lemuria was suggested by Philip
Slater in an attempt to explain the
presence of similar fossils in India and
Madagascar granite which normally forms
only on dry land is a strong evidence
that continent used to exist in the area
although there is proof that several
sunken continents do exist the theories
of Lemuria and Atlantis have largely
been dismissed although their myths are
still relatively popular
gotta hand it to you really came through
but I take that back no honorable
mentions this time around what happened
to Helga well after when a flaming
Zeppelin come down on it missing number
one the flat earth model ok brother
Flintstone need a strike to win and you
do it hey is your flat of course we have
to end with one of the most famous
theories about the earth
this notion claims that the earth isn’t
round but rather flat and that it’s
possible to sail off the end of the
world
of course it’s almost universally known
that this theory is false and that the
earth is indeed round but some
proponents of this idea still exist such
as the group known as the modern flat
earthers but they’re all fake images
there is no actual image of a ball earth
if you google it you’ll see that they’re
all composites CGI or literally taken
through a round window and low Earth
orbit so they faked the first one yes
these people have never looked at a
picture of the Earth from space 500
years ago everybody knew the earth was
flat in 15 minutes ago you knew that
people were alone on this planet imagine
what you know tomorrow do you agree with
our list
nobody knows what’s your favourite
bizarre theory of history for more great
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com it’s been
around for centuries it’s just been
forgotten
you
about the world’s history there’s one
that is just strange he also believed
that the Sun was only 32 miles across
not 860,000 welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 bizarre alternate theories of
history the human race will become one
found in the world the abode of
reasonable men for this list we’re
looking at those theories that people
once or somehow still do believe about
the past however we’re not including
prophecies such as the prediction of the
end of the world in 2012 now the victims
and we’ve seen many are said to have
adhere to the Mayan quiche calendar
which predicts the end of time to occur
on the 21st of December of this year nor
are we including creation myths like the
idea that we all live on the back of a
turtle
number 10 the garbage theory many
bizarre theories of history involve
aliens in one way or another secret of
electricity was given to the Egyptians
by the extraterrestrials but none is as
gross as the garbage theory suggested by
Thomas Gould of Cornell University this
theory states that humans essentially
evolved from garbage that was left on
earth by visiting aliens thousands of
years ago we guess this could explain
why humans produce an enormous amount of
trash perhaps it’s just in our DNA and
launched the garbage into outer space
some experts claim the ball might return
to Earth someday but the concerns were
dismissed as depressing number 9 the zoo
hypothesis
yeah the system zoo can enlighten you
from one alien theory to another the zoo
theory suggests that aliens not only
exist but are also completely aware of
the human species on earth it even goes
so far as to say that aliens won’t make
contact with us
until we reach a specific technological
political or ethical standard
essentially we’re like animals in a zoo
if the animals had no idea they were
being watched by thousands of people
it’s fake number eight the matrix theory
or simulation hypothesis is just fantasy
is there a chance one of us could be neo
according to this theory yes you are a
slave neo like everyone else you were
born into bondage born into a prison
that you cannot smell or taste or touch
some scientists have hypothesized that
we actually live in a computer program
and human life is essentially one large
simulation basically life’s just one big
game of the Sims always broken the
toilet as well that has to be replaced
of course we have no way of knowing
whether this is true or not
because these computers stimulate our
minds and create our reality making us
think that what we are experiencing is
real obviously this feels real but but
it mean I mean it seems unlikely to be
real number seven expanding or growing
earth hypothesis that huge Canyon it
wasn’t there this morning and
400 miles for the North went Reyes same
thing believe it or not this theory was
first suggested by Charles Darwin hey
even geniuses have an off day however if
you ignore plate tectonics this theory
could make some sense it states that the
earth is always expanding the continents
were originally part of a large
supercontinent but instead of drifting
apart
they separated because the earth
expanded surprisingly there are still
present date advocates of this theory
proving that some people will believe
absolutely anything this means that the
earth is accelerating in its growth in
the last 65 million years
earth nearly doubled in size at least
this theory is slightly more plausible
than the geophysical global cooling
hypothesis which claims that the earth
is contracting now that is just
ridiculous dude number 6 the sky is a
ceiling essentially the idea here is
that earth is one giant box or container
that we live in and that the sky is the
top or uppermost limit of that box
[Music]
in other words the sky is a ceiling this
is a notion that goes back to ancient
Egypt of course the invention of the
telescope and eventually space travel
disproved this theory everybody good
plenty of slaves for my robot colony get
away humor setting so he’d fit in better
with his unit makes it relax is this
number five the Hollow Earth hypothesis
okay so we know that the earth is not a
ceiling but what if what we saw in the
sky was actually located in the center
of the earth that’s the basis for this
theory which was hypothesized as far
back as the late 17th century perhaps
even earlier depending on your sources
but became popular in the early 19th
century thanks to John Cleves Symmes jr.
the US Army officer and lecturer stated
that the earth was a shell over 800
miles thick with openings at both poles
u.s. President John Quincy Adams even
supported a potential expedition to the
North Pole hole but thankfully Andrew
Jackson stopped it before it could even
begin it’s a see it’s an ocean waves and
currents the ocean of the underworld
number 4 the Anunnaki aliens giant
beings with muscular bodies wearing
things that look like wristwatches
thanks in large part to the History
Channel many people believe that aliens
were somehow involved with ancient
civilizations could it have been an
alien race known as the Anunnaki they
were in a sense extraterrestrials they
walked the earth they ruled people the
Anunnaki were the gods in Mesopotamian
cultures in particular the Sumerian
Pantheon but this theory suggests that
they were actually a race of aliens that
settled on planet earth to mine gold the
real question is why did aliens need
gold perhaps the answer can be found not
here on earth but on another planet
number three the Illuminati through
history the Illuminati they disappeared
hundreds of years ago did they look at
that again it’s an amber driven it’s the
same image forward and backward you may
be surprised to learn that there once
was an actual group considered to be the
real Illuminati while today the term
applies to several groups it usually
refers specifically to the Bavarian
Illuminati a secret society that was
founded in 1776 but be Illuminati were
infiltrators there wasn’t a powerful
organization on earth they didn’t
penetrate including the Vatican by
hiding in plain sight while most people
believe that the society essentially
ended in 1790 some theory suggests that
the group survived and was responsible
for several important historical events
including the French Revolution and the
assassination of JFK several modern
organizations also claimed to be related
to the original group some of us are
against the Illuminati we are against
Illuminati at our own detriment
when people are against the Illuminati
then they get punched in the face all
the time
number 2 Lemuria and Atlantis now some
of you may ask why Atlantis it’s just a
myth isn’t it pure fantasy well that is
where you’d be wrong most people know
the story of Atlantis an island that
allegedly submerged into the Atlantic
Ocean
Lemuria has a similar story supposedly
it was a landmass that was located in
the Indian and Pacific Oceans the theory
of Lemuria was suggested by Philip
Slater in an attempt to explain the
presence of similar fossils in India and
Madagascar granite which normally forms
only on dry land is a strong evidence
that continent used to exist in the area
although there is proof that several
sunken continents do exist the theories
of Lemuria and Atlantis have largely
been dismissed although their myths are
still relatively popular
gotta hand it to you really came through
but I take that back no honorable
mentions this time around what happened
to Helga well after when a flaming
Zeppelin come down on it missing number
one the flat earth model ok brother
Flintstone need a strike to win and you
do it hey is your flat of course we have
to end with one of the most famous
theories about the earth
this notion claims that the earth isn’t
round but rather flat and that it’s
possible to sail off the end of the
world
of course it’s almost universally known
that this theory is false and that the
earth is indeed round but some
proponents of this idea still exist such
as the group known as the modern flat
earthers but they’re all fake images
there is no actual image of a ball earth
if you google it you’ll see that they’re
all composites CGI or literally taken
through a round window and low Earth
orbit so they faked the first one yes
these people have never looked at a
picture of the Earth from space 500
years ago everybody knew the earth was
flat in 15 minutes ago you knew that
people were alone on this planet imagine
what you know tomorrow do you agree with
our list
nobody knows what’s your favourite
bizarre theory of history for more great
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com it’s been
around for centuries it’s just been
forgotten
you
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