Introducing WHAT THE FACT with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy, a new Rewind podcast!

Harini Bhat (0:02)

Hi, everyone, it's Harini. If you listen to Hidden History, you're the kind of person who hears something strange and immediately needs to know more. So I've got a special bonus for you today. An episode of a new show I think you're going to love. It's called What The Fact, a new fun history podcast hosted by Connor Tomlinson, who you might know and love from Netflix's Love on the Spectrum alongside Carter Roy from Crime House's Murder, True Crime Stories.

Every week, Connor and Carter take three unbelievable true facts from history and tell you the full story behind them, like this. Did you know a volcano once blocked out the sun and accidentally gave us Frankenstein or that penicillin only exists because a scientist forgot to clean a petri dish?

Carter sets the scene and Connor brings the deep cut facts, the hilarious tangents and his infectious energy that will make you realize history really is the most fascinating thing on earth. So stick around, the full episode is coming right up. And if you like what you hear, follow What The Fact wherever you listen, or subscribe on YouTube at What The Fact Pod. New episodes every Wednesday. There's also a link in the description.

Carter Roy (1:08)

This is Rewind.

Connor Tomlinson (1:13)

I could just imagine two dinosaurs looking at each other going, you know, it just don't get no better than this. And one of those says, yeah.

Carter Roy (1:24)

And then, oh no.

Connor Tomlinson (1:28)

A giant meteorite strikes the earth. Goodbye dinosaurs. Yeah.

Carter Roy (1:43)

Hi, and welcome to What The Fact, the show that reveals the wildest true facts ever recorded and tells you the whole story behind them.

Connor Tomlinson (1:52)

Hi, I'm Connor, and I am here to bring the charm and humor and maybe a British accent or two to your history lesson.

Carter Roy (1:59)

And I am Carter Roy. I will be your guide through history. What happened, how it happened, and why it happened.

Connor Tomlinson (2:06)

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Carter Roy (2:11)

So today we have three years, three very real stories and one question. Which one was actually the worst?

Connor Tomlinson (2:20)

Carter, has anything terrible ever happened in your life? And then something unexpectedly good came of it?

Carter Roy (2:28)

Yeah, I think so. You know, actually the pandemic, I had to be alone at home all the time. And I ended up doing a lot of art because I had to kill time. So like now I ended up being like a visual artist, and I didn't even know I could really do that until the pandemic happened. How about you? Me?

Connor Tomlinson (2:46)

I actually started watching more shows to help pass the time. And honestly, it made me rethink the fantasy genre altogether. Like how some things that could have happened in the middle ages could happen in modern day.

Carter Roy (3:03)

Yeah.

Connor Tomlinson (3:04)

Hidden, you know?

Carter Roy (3:05)

Totally. So it made you rethink everything a little bit.

Connor Tomlinson (3:08)

Yeah.

Carter Roy (3:09)

Very cool. Well, that is actually the theme of everything we are covering.

Catastrophe makes things. So today we have three years for you. Three years from human history that you absolutely did not want to be alive for. At the very end, you and I will vote on which was actually the worst. Okay, Connor, first reaction. How bad do you think this is about to get?

Connor Tomlinson (3:30)

Oh, I think it's going to get pretty, pretty, pretty bad.

Carter Roy (3:35)

It is going to be pretty bad.

Connor Tomlinson (3:38)

Do you know which year a volcano canceled summer caused a global famine and also gave us Frankenstein and the bicycle? That year was 1816, also known as the year without a summer.

It's amazing. It's fascinating. Like how something terrible can lead to something good in the end.

Carter Roy (3:59)

Yeah, and a year without a summer, that just seems like seasons are such a part of life we expect. It's crazy to think of just like a season not happening. Can you imagine life without a summer?

Connor Tomlinson (4:10)

I can imagine how terrible it would be, how miserable everyone would be.

Carter Roy (4:14)

Oh my God, people would be not happy. Okay, so the year is 1816

Europe should be having the best year it's had in a generation. Napoleon had just been defeated at Waterloo, ending over 20 years of war. Finally!

Connor Tomlinson (4:28)

Yes!

Carter Roy (4:28)

Yes, all anyone wants to do is have a normal summer.