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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Hashkovo on 2023-07-14 12:51:41.

Original Title: TIL the Phantom time Conspiracy theory claims the time period AD 614 to 911 never existed. The Theory claims these extra 300 years of History were fabricated in the middle ages to legitimise Otto's claim over the Holy Roman Empire. According to the theory we should be living in the year 1726.