Proof Positive

Two College Kids Fooled Wikipedia for 10 Years With This Fake Medieval Knight

Published: July 26, 2026

Duration: 12:29

What if I told you that two college kids convinced the entire internet that a completely made-up medieval knight was real history? For over 10 years, "Ser Amador" fooled Wikipedia, academic blogs, and thousands of researchers. In this episode, Daniel Torres breaks down the most successful Wikipedia hoax in history and what it reveals about how we decide what's "true" online. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • How the fake knight entry survived for a decade despite Wikipedia's 120,000 active editors • The 15+ websites that cited this fictional character as historical fact • Why Wikipedia's verification system failed so spectacularly in this case • The psychology behind why false infor...