After following a series of clues embedded in the Bayeux tapestry and the writings of Bernard Cornwell, I have concluded that Harold Godwinson is definately buried on my allotment. I will be inviting archaeologists down to start a dig after the harvest. It will save me the effort anyway.

@Neenerella333

2 жыл бұрын

Can we come dig if we AREN'T archaeologists, but just wanna glean some potatoes or whatever is growing at your allotment?

@asterismos5451

2 жыл бұрын

If you need someone to use technology to look underground, I know how to use a shovel

@Greye13

2 жыл бұрын

That would be so very cool! I wish you the best of luck. Please do keep us updated. maybe Jimmy will turn up for you.... 🙂

@Isilsartari76

2 жыл бұрын

I know my back yard and front yard, also under my house was part of a military camp site where Oliver Cromwell set up just outside of Edinburgh and attacked the St Catherines Monestary and Balm well. I do want to have a play with a metal detector as there may be something interesting other than builders rubble from when the houses were built.

@laurieleannie

Жыл бұрын

WHY do you think this? Just out of curiosity from the other side of the world….. what leads you to believe that? I’m super curious because even if I isn’t Harold, maybe it is still relevant.

“a step above it came to me in a dream” 😂😂😂😂😂 That’s the best line of the day! On a side note, I think I found the bones of the famous explorer Arne Saknussemm in a Louisiana Swamp. It’s just as true as finding Bluetooth’s grave which was discovered when the dude’s cellphone went wacko with a strange Bluetooth Signal playing Welsh Folk Songs. 😉😉😉

Good on you Jimmy for phoning the police! Far too many KZreadrs seem to accept harassment and threats as a part of the job and it’s not, it shouldn’t be, and it’s also illegal!

As a historian, watching you describe the process of checking and debunking was actually 🔥

"ooh they discovered a mound!" I'd say anyone living in that village had been aware that there was, in fact, a mound, given that it's not exactly discreet... Also, A+ for the sarcastic magic flute moment Also also, I hope you're getting better!

@ragnkja

2 жыл бұрын

I have to assume that whoever built the retaining wall around the mound knew it was there 😆

@doc3255

2 жыл бұрын

@@ragnkja "I discovered a mound! Right between the retaining walls built to keep the mound in place! Very convenient!"

@ragnkja

2 жыл бұрын

@@doc3255 How convenient indeed!

he really tried to pull a Geoffrey of Monmouth like 'oh? a source? yeah I have a source, it's a very ancient book. no you can't see it'

When this "dropped" it quickly got shared on many Polish archaeology/history/whatever-related pages, fortunately at least some of them quickly realized their mistake and admitted they'd fallen into the trap; which is not to be said about National Geographic Poland, I just checked and the article is still there, including the mandatory section about the Bluetooth technology :D (all the articles I saw were basically copy-paste...) Apparently, Kryda is known by those especially interested in Viking history for his make-believe about their presence and role in Poland, he even wrote a book about it (he's neither a historian, nor an archaeologist AFAIK), so I just laughed at his delusions, but... an abusive email?! Now this is a twist. Wow, the guy's really crafting a reputation for himself.

@Wotansfogal

2 жыл бұрын

Everything is about clicks, aka ad revenue now. Credibility is long gone

@Celebrinthal

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wotansfogal sad but true...

@snazzypazzy

2 жыл бұрын

I think this dude is using the media publicity as free advertising. There's probably a bunch of people still believing it and yelling about cover ups etc.

@georgiarn3915

Жыл бұрын

I'm not deeply versed in Vikings in Poland, but they do have a Viking Festival every year. Maybe they just really want to Cosplay as Vikings? The Poles apparently cosplay as Redneck Americans in Ohio!

They know that it was the real tomb of Bluetooth because they could sync it to their phones and play music. Thanks for another great one, Jimmy.

Having been an archeology student myself, I know that *every* serious and self-respecting archeologist will use words like "maybe/possibly/perhaps/unsure" until all reasonable doubt has been cleared. And even then.... Scepticism is the hallmark of a good researcher.

@DneilB007

2 жыл бұрын

The best you can hope for is ‘definitely the hall of an important local individual from the time of King Alfred who was really crap at cooking pancakes and apparently read a lot’.

@DneilB007

2 жыл бұрын

Or am I thinking of Sir Tony?

@theangriestcatintheworld

2 жыл бұрын

It seems that critical thinking is becoming somewhat of a lost art at this point >

Lol, this guy just straight up making stuff up and only citing himself is making me feel a whole lot better about my own academic achivements!

@doc3255

2 жыл бұрын

Best part is him accusing someone else of lying!

@michellecornum5856

2 жыл бұрын

This is as good as the time I was researching a book that cited another book as a source. I went to the second book, and found, amazingly, that they cited the first book as their source. That was some true scholarly collaboration.

@ragnkja

2 жыл бұрын

@@michellecornum5856 That could indeed be the result of scholarly collaboration, and the authors having allowed each other to read parts of their book while it’s still in progress.

you are such an entire blessing, Jimmie

Churches on mounds. My cousins in the north of the Netherlands explained that the church was always on a mound because a) the church was built on top of other old buildings or b) because that was where everyone ran to when floods happened, which was frequent there, or both. This was when they took 18 year old me to see the restored 10th century church with its barely visible paintings and a poetry reading in " Groningens " a completely incomprehensible dialect.

@beth12svist

2 жыл бұрын

Or, maybe not in Netherlands, it was where everyone ran when enemies came - there's a whole class of "fortified church" from the Middle Ages...

@lenabreijer1311

2 жыл бұрын

@@beth12svist according to my mother they ran for the nearest swamp and watched them drown or poked a dike and watched them drown from the church.

@JootjeJ

Жыл бұрын

Yes, especially in Friesland and Groningen the original settlements used to be on top of mounts (terpen) to protect the people from the water. In later centuries many churches were built on these mounts for the same reason. Do you remember where that church was?

@lenabreijer1311

Жыл бұрын

@@JootjeJ it was in Groningen. That is all I know. That was in 1967, and it wasn't in the village my cousins lived. They had motorcycles and I kept my eyes closed and prayed we wouldn't end up in a canal.

@JootjeJ

Жыл бұрын

@@lenabreijer1311 Sounds like the most sensible thing to do

My pusedoarchaeology antenna went up the minute you said "definitely found". Thanks for the thorough trip through the actual evidence.

Danish historian here and this is the first I hear of it. Also even the early bronze age burial mounts here are taller than the mount that church sits on.

If it was indeed such a revolutionary discovery, it would be much more hyped up in Poland than it is now. I haven't heard about it in any news, so people assume correctly it's just a fancy theory

Anytime someone claims to have “definitely found” a previously unknown historical location always raises red flags for me. I’m no expert, but it seems like legit finds are described as “we think” this is here or “we’re pretty sure.” Hope you are feeling better soon and stay that way! And an early congratulations for nearly being at 50k subscribers!

Love the audacity of them saying that two of their 'primary sources' (in the loosest sense of the term) are small, unidentified children. Always so reliable!! Sorry about the harassment you face - both in that stupid email and in general. We love you and think you're awesome! ♥ Also, hope you're feeling better!

Jesus Jimmy, be careful out there man. We love ya, so don’t worry about delays because we can wait for your health, and just try not to get covid for a third time man

@TheWelshViking

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, I don't intend to! It was bloody awful. Not 100%, but am better than I was and getting there rapidly

@eazy8579

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheWelshViking Glad you are getting better, I wish you speedy final recovery

@cheerful_something_something

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Look after your health!

@permiebird937

2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear you are on the mend.

@Aswaguespack

2 жыл бұрын

Get well soon. Grab a pint of some tasty mead which has medicinal properties of course and recuperate in Welsh Viking Style Jimmy

This reminds me of last year´s chain mail in the peat bog that was supposed to be authentic ... but thanks for making this story unbelievingly entertaining for us. Also, please take care of yourself.

I bet the inhabitants of that village are immensely grateful someone's found their church mound for them. Would have been completely lost otherwise

@laurieleannie

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic find for any tourism!

Really interesting video/story. Disappointing that they haven't actually proved the location of Harald Bluetooth's grave, but when I clicked on the thumbnail I was expecting an in-depth discussion on the use of runes as the basis for modern corporate logos, so i feel like i still came out ahead in the end. The story reminds me a lot of the origins of Mormonism, so maybe we're seeing the beginning of a European "Church of Jesus Christ of Viking Age Saints", that claims Jesus became a Viking after the resurrection and gave Harald Bluetooth a secret gospel explaining how the Norse, Poles, and Finns (but not the Russians for some reason) are descended from lost tribes of Israel. Sounds far-fetched, but even stupider things have happened before.

It seems that, as a child, I had more cause to believe that Leif Ericsson had landed in my native town of Vineland, New Jersey (as I innocently thought at first), than the wider media does to declare this site to be the tomb of Harald Bluetooth!

My college friend who told his story of Alien abduction at least had a huge bruise to show for it. That bruise was his only evidence, but hey. Leaving aside the fact that I saw him fall off the hood of his pickup truck and land in a manner which would have left a very similar bruise, it wasn't great evidence. Evidence. We really want some evidence to support any outlandish claim.

@ragnkja

2 жыл бұрын

Surely the alien abduction made his bruise worse!

@roxiepoe9586

2 жыл бұрын

@@ragnkja He had my total sympathy. I gave him a bit of the 'hair of the dog' to help with his hangover, too.

You know you're doing good work if you're pissing off literal Nazis. Love you, Jimmy!!!

I've actually been to the cathedral in Roskilde. A very pretty building!

If I wanted to pull off a hoax like this I wouldn't use "found by a child" twice in the same story. That's just lazy writing.

I get the impression that this touched a nerve (rightly, I think. This kind of thing occurs in science reporting too, it seems) Thank you so much for the video. Hope you keep feeling better and that everything goes well (including that investigation. Booo to harassers, lazy or otherwise). (oh, and Baggy Viking Pants are the comfiest things!)

What a story all around❣️ Thank you for explaining details of the questionable veracity of this “find’, and please feel better Jimmy-that’s the most important thing🥰 Glad you called authorities also!!

I come to learn things and get expert snarky reviews (and see your face!), I am rewarded with delightful outros. Glad you're well, look forward to more things from you.

Thanks for concluding with the type of documentation of process and evidence you would expect to be available if this were credible. Your efforts are appreciated as always.

I'm gonna become an archaeological seer and publish my dream finds (definitely not just a dream journal). It will all be true and accurate. I'm going to find Norse graves with preserved tattooed skin, shaved sides of the head, and all kinds of other great very real and correct things!

I'm so glad you're feeling better Jimmy. Hope the PhD is going alright sorry to hear about house and weather issues (me too on the house and weather front) such an interesting breakdown of some seriously shaky shit. Looking forward to what's coming up x

Oh gosh, all Polish viewers apologize for Marek Kryda... I even read about this case and I have no idea why I did not think that I would finally come across it here as well. This guy just knows he's a Viking descendant and will stop at nothing to "prove" it, poor chap. I just love you even more for notyfing the police about the email.

Good on you Jimmy, loved how you had gotten the police involved on you being harassed. So, sad people are doing this to make themselves be the bigger man, but we know. 😉 Glad to see that your back and sorry to hear about the COVID, again. Hopefully you will be feeling much better soon. Thanks for an informative video and stay well.

Thanks for that. I'd seen the headlines and wondered if there was anything to them. Someone once told me about some lumps of earth on Leith Links which just had to be Viking Burial Mounds. The fact that they are Scheduled Monuments dating from 1560 didn't convince them otherwise. Hope you continue to get better.

Some really strange archeology shenanigans are happening in my country and I first time hear ot from you lmao I'm glad you made this video, it's important to bust myths.

I love the way you consider all the evidence and the problems with each piece of evidence, even when the whole thing seems a little far-fetched. On the issue of evidence, and verbal communication being not very trustworthy, how do archeologists consider evidence of communities that use oral histories? I live on the territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation on Turtle Island (North America), and as I learn about the First Nations oral histories, I'm not sure how to reconcile them with my western perspective of what constitutes evidence. Naturally, in cultures that use oral stories as a method of preserving laws and histories, knowledge-keeping is much more rigorous than "some guy told me once..."

@Oxtocoatl13

Жыл бұрын

It's not really in the field of archaeology, as that field deals explicitly with the material remains from the past. Historians have sometimes used oral histories, though typically ones collected and either recorded or written down at some point. The problem with oral history is that it's difficult to keep track of possible alterations in the story. If someone tolld you a story today about something that happened 100 years ago, it is impossible to know whether the story has been altered in retellings. Thus the story functions best as a source in how the people telling it today remember their past, rather than informing us of the events themselves. For comparison, there is an entire field of medieval studies devoted to tracking down different hand-made copies of medieval manuscripts, and trying to establish a chain of who copied which copy by keeping track of shared spelling errors and such. This kind of chronology is impossible to build from an oral narrative.

Since you brought up Time Team, there's a whole episode focused on 2 shady metal detectorists who looted an archeological site and lied about it.

@margotmolander5083

2 жыл бұрын

Was that the special about the sliver hoard in Eastern Europe that some guy was murdered over? I was really impressed with how angry Tony was about it (which meant that the archeologists had to be irate and explained why they were irate).

@kimkohrt377

2 жыл бұрын

@@margotmolander5083 I thought the site was in the UK and not Eastern Europe but it's been a while since I've seen that particular episode. I do remember how hot Tony was over the theft and lying.

Once again fantastic work, sounds like you really went the extras miles on this one. Thank you for wading through the sh!te for us all. I send wishes for a full recovery & that housing things work out.

I hope for a complete recovery from Covid. This reminds me a lot of the "Golden Plates found by Joseph Smith".

Good to know that none of the claims are real, verified, or more than like self-insert fanfic into historical research.

@ragnkja

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the “new document” and the “report” sound like they’d fit better on AO3 than on academia edu. I’ve read some great fictional “academic papers” on AO3, but they at least bother to make up citations as well.

"It's a step above, it came to me in a dream." Made me guffaw out loud!! 🤣🤣

This was very cool. I love how you use snark so deadpan. You're one of my favorite historian-types on YT. And I'm stoked for new merch! +100 points for the Time Team reference

I was a little bemused when you showed the photo of St Denys church, I know it well as my brother lives opposite it… I thought I was going even more post covid gaga until you changed the picture!

Thank you for linking to the review, I had a blast reading it. Somebody was not impressed!

Glad that you came through to the other side of covid again 🙏 A great analysis, you can always be relied upon, legend 🙌 Like deployed 👍

Glad you're on the mend! Now, let me just put down my picnic blanket and enjoy the archeological shade you're about to throw! ❤️

The mound in the wooded area near the church, is it an already-plundered burial mound? It certainly looks like it could be, with that rectangular depression.

@snazzypazzy

2 жыл бұрын

Would be so funny if this dude accidentally helped to discover some actual archeology.

Awesome as always, Hope you feel better soon. And I’ve laughed my way through this beautiful offering, I do enjoy your humour. Thanks for making this.

Great video! I saw your channel recommended on Tumblr, so glad I checked it out. As someone who studied archaeology for a few years it was fun to be reminded of the stuff I was taught (and presumed to have forgotten). Also, as a library science student I appreciate your thorough debunking effort! It's so frustrating how easily misinformation spreads in the media. You'd think doing some kind of field work or having some kind of peer review would be essential before reporting this sort of 'discovery'...

Ugh. I had COVID once and wouldn't want it again. You are an awesome content creator and educator. Your health and other adulting requirements come before sticking to a posting schedule.

Hope you recover 💯% soon and everything else that makes life unnecessarily challenging just goes away! 🍀 One would think media outlets would know better than to direct attention away from their mistake with slander, glad you reported it.

Ooof that was a rollercoaster! Also love that you're doing merch, stickers would be awesome!

I’m glad you are feeling better! Darn KZread turned off my notification!! Sounds like a lot of research and more questions than answers.

I appreciate your taking the claims seriously enough to subject them to academic rigor.

I'm sorry you've had a rough time! I hope you feel better now and that things are looking up! Take it easy though

Sorry to hear you got sick, again. But glad to see you back & feeling better. Good luck & God bless😇❤️ Diolch for the Video 🙏

holy cow, this whole story is WILD! I'm legitimately shocked... journalists dropped the ball but hard -- the good story here is all THIS, not 'ooh, they really found this tomb!' 🤦

The quickest way to find his tomb is walking around with your phone and see if you can scan for Bluetooth devices named Harold 😀. Subscribed

That there "Wellp!" outtro smile was golden ahahahaha

I'm sure peoples ability to parse how reliable a news source is is falling. And people who choose to send messages to insult or threaten others... They just make limited sense to me. They can all go and boil their heads.

We enjoy your work and curious skepticism. Thank you for sharing

That freeze frame tag image of your "Welp!" face is a perfect choice.

Glad to see you, and your fantastic videos ! My day has now been made ☺.

So glad to see you back, so bummed to hear you got covid AGAIN 😭 I didn't realize how much I missed your smiling face (not to mention your joyful well-researched snark) 🖤💖🖤

I may have actually been to that Viking Festival. On one of the weekends during a field school with the Slavia Foundation they arranged for us to take a bus there. We didn't know what town we were going to though- just that it was the "largest Viking festival in Europe ". I didn't suck.

I GREATLY enjoyed & APPRECIATE this video! There certainly is a lot of misinformation, misunderstanding & outright BS when it comes to history (and things rooted there like historic martial arts, reconstructionist religions, etc.) It may be disappointing to realize something you want to be true isn't, but it also gives one the opportunity to be more accurate, look harder & more. Channels like yours are so important because they address these kinds of issues to a an audience who likely won't hear about 5hem in college, read deeper than one online article, etc. I suspected before I read any articles about this that maybe it was a Viking era burial & that it was just being called Bluetooth's to draw attention to a find; possibly to help raise research money. It sucks there wasn't more to the story, but now the quest can continue..

pob lwc efo covid recovery Jimmy. Glad to see you back and staying cool under the eaves. I used to dowse for archaeological friends before geo phys was a thing. Good dowsers can be very accurate so long as they have no vested interest in the results. As we can work back in time and from maps we could possibly get an answer on any previous finds having existed on site. However my bullshit sirens went off as soon as your video began so am sure it would be a waste of everyones time. Interesting report and thanks for reading the Fail on our behalf, you have a strong stomach.

Cheers, glad to see a new video, hope you got back up from COVID, having it a second time sucks big time (one time being plenty enough already in my book xD)

"It got weird fast" I am already enthralled!

I have missed your stuff, but I just assumed you was taking advantage of some of this lovely weather we've been having, stay safe Jimmy.

Well, they dig Richard III up. And we just keep finding Atlantis and Noah's Ark over and over and over. . . .

This story goes in the same bin as oak island and ancient aliens.

@ragnkja

2 жыл бұрын

Oak island?

@angelmaden1559

2 жыл бұрын

@@ragnkja History Channel dreck in USA. An island off north eastern North America. It’s a rabbit hole of treasure hunting for bad TV fame. Enjoy, it will destroy many hours of your life for nothing. 🤣

@angelmaden1559

2 жыл бұрын

It’s got Knights Templars, Roman legions, Vikings, death curses, and pirates. The whole handbag of legends and treasure maps. 🤣

@ragnkja

2 жыл бұрын

@@angelmaden1559 While the other stuff _could_ be combined into a believable work of fiction, the death curses pushed it too far for me.

@angelmaden1559

2 жыл бұрын

@@ragnkja yep, the treasure will not be found until X number of people have died looking for it. Of course, X-1 deaths are known so who on the search team will be next? Da da da dum…. My Dad’s channel flipping guilty pleasure. Seen a few episodes when I visit. Like a soap opera, can miss a year and catch up in one hour and reruns are always on at some point. 🙄

Oh wow I got to the part about the e-mail and police, I feel very ashamed for whoever did it 🤦‍♀️ I swear not all Polish people are like that.

@TheWelshViking

2 жыл бұрын

Oh goodness, I know that! :) Pretty sure this guy is English and just using a Polish email

Sounds about like the spaceship discovered in South Africa earlier this year🤣.

@kevinmoore.7426

2 жыл бұрын

An alien jumped ot of a bush and drilled Simon Parkes

You're almost to 50k, Jimmy! Will you have some sort of special video once you reach that milestone?

@cheerful_something_something

2 жыл бұрын

Valheim update? :p

Petition to have “You’ve just shot yourself in the credibility,” merch. Or maybe “Stop shooting yourself in the credibility.” Some variation on that.

When you said show us I imagined you doing the "show me the money" scene from Jerry Miguire but yelling "Show me the evidence!" 🤣

Good one Jimmy! Get better soon.

Glad you are feeling better!

YAY. Welcome back. Hope you are feeling better. All I can say is the lack of physical evidence, whether it be photos, scans, an actual dig, sold it for me as a Yeahh Riiiiiiiiiiiight come back when you've got some physical evidence that can be backed up with proper research. I feel for you. After putting all that time and effort in to research this and it comes back as basically B.S. Right going to go and hang my armpits out to dry. Take care, Stay safe x🥵🍻

Hi Jimmy, awesome video as always! Can you make a video about the recent huge bracteat find near Jelling in Denmark? 🥰 because that one IS real and currently on display🥰 best wishes from Denmark!

Glad you're feeling better!

I saw a title of the polish articles somewhere and went "well, that seems overenthusiastic". But I was hoping they at least had some propable evidence

@14:23 I'd say the majority churches on mounds are also on burial grounds. That is just the nature of what people did with churches. The question is were they burial grounds before they were Christian churches. Being pedantic, but boosting your engagement. Thanks for the well researched video. :-)

@cheerful_something_something

2 жыл бұрын

It's important to ask these questions when working out what things are :) Adding a second sentence to make my comment look like it might be smarter.

@ragnkja

2 жыл бұрын

Given that churches tended to be built in places that were already considered “holy”, I’d say it’s plausible. There are a few burial mounds really close to the medieval church where I live in northern Norway, and several more in the general area.

@joejoelesh1197

2 жыл бұрын

@@ragnkja I was referring to that churches often are the resting place for the wealthy and royal.

@ragnkja

2 жыл бұрын

@@joejoelesh1197 Yes, that too. Even the old church here was the burial place for some locally prominent people, and of course there are literally thousands (the low-end estimate, based primarily on surviving records from the past few centuries, is 8-10 000) buried in the cemetery right outside it. And, as mentioned, some people in pre-Christian times were clearly prominent enough to be buried in mounds in the same general area.

@Loweene_Ancalimon

2 жыл бұрын

Older burial grounds under churches are definitely a thing ! My hometown (French Alps) has a church built on a gallo-roman necropolis. The highest layers of the necropolis date from the 16th century iirc, so it was a burial site for a millennium and half

Am I the only one who imagines that Time Team is a bizarre Blackadder spin-off where Baldrick decides to do archaeology?

16:43 Going straight to the History Channel, perhaps. Anyway, nice burn on the Antiques Roadshow earlier.

Sorry to hear you got Covid again, but even more glad you're getting better.

I have been saving up a lot of your videos and glad I'm finally getting the time to watch them. This is absolutely amazing. As always enjoy the sarcasm and facts. Glad you're doing well. Sorry you got civid again! Best quotes(in my opinion)- "Shooting yourself in the credibility." "Mediocre wallaby"

Ooooohh....look who it is.... always nice to see a friendly face! Was JUST about to message you on Patron, as I haven't seen anything from you for a wee while.... Sorry for all the 🤬💩🤬....glad that you feel better and find yourself in front of the camera, you've been missed! 🤜🏻🤛🏻🙌🏻🤗

I read some articles about it. They were all the same trash. Very poorly written constantly repeating the couple of lines explaining who Harald was, explaining what modern Bluetooth is and indeed saying that, for sure, this is his grave. Quite fun how everyone in the community accepted this wasn't real, since it didn't blow up on media, except for memes xD

In short the "Viking" version of the finding of the tomb of Genghis Kahn! Nope not found. Great video :)

Great video!

Your sarcasm is a balm to my soul 🥰

Excellent, you are spot on. Thank you for doing this one.

I was seeing these articles all over the place! Each basically identical with a few words changed here and there. The lack of evidence following such definitive "we found it!" headlines was laughable.

The guy sounds like a good fit to work for Time Team, except they're actually archaeologists that leap to "ritual" when they have two stones on top of each other, or because a bit of broken grindstone was chucked into a midden pit, it was "an offering tossed in a well." (See their current season, the first day of the fougou site. Was done then, with some fanfare and excitement, like the ritual claims during the Tony Robinson era, but was dropped after the second day.)

@margotmolander5083

2 жыл бұрын

At least they know that they claim "ritual" whenever they don't have a practical reason for this thing being in this spot. (It was a running joke with Francis.) Though people still leave pebbles on graves, even in the US, and I have no idea where *that* belief/ritual comes from.

Like 30 minutes ago I watched a Tom Scot video on Harold Bluetooth lol

Thank you for your unmasking of fake news and pseuoacademic drivel. I really appreciate that. Thank you for showing us accurate academic reasoning and scientific method and argumentation with this example.

In which Jimmy goes on an academic search and ends up talking to the cops. Get well, stay safe.