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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Solid-Move-1411 on 2026-02-14 13:39:18+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Phantom time conspiracy theory asserts that figure of Charlemagne never existed and was created by HRE Otto III and Pope Sylvester II to fabricate Anno Domini dating system retroactively, in order to place them at the special year of AD 1000, and to rewrite history to legitimize Otto's claim.