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The Lost Time: When 11 Days Disappeared and Chaos Followed
Episode 26
Wednesday, 25 June, 2025
What if 11 days just disappeared? It happened in 1752. This video explains the lost days, the daylight savings time connection, and why we still struggle with time today. Discover how a calendar change shook the world—missing wages, confused farmers, shifted birthdays, and even George Washington’s “new” birthday. From mobs yelling “Give us back our 11 days!” to parallels with Y2K panic and today’s daylight savings chaos, this isn’t just a strange moment in history—it’s a warning about how fragile our relationship with time really is. 📌 Chapters (Adjust timestamps after upload) 00:00 – Intro: Time… Lost? 01:14 – The Calendar Catastrophe 03:14 – History Forgets.. 04:02 – Modern Parallel: Y2K Panic 04:55 – What Mislaying 11 Days Can Do! 06:00 – So… What’s the Deal 06:45 – An Ounce 🧠 Key Topics & Keywords Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, 11 days missing, 1752 calendar change, daylight savings time, history of timekeeping, calendar reform, lost time in history, time confusion, Y2K, time anxiety📺 You Might Also Like (From An Ounce) The Mandela Effect: Did We All Misremember Reality? Uncover why large groups remember things “wrong”—and how fragile our grip on time and memory might be. https://youtu.be/IDfeiYgdD5QWhen the Pope Was Put on Trial (After He Died) History’s weirdest courtroom moment, where time stood still and common sense took a break. https://youtu.be/sd81dgO6WpwThe Forgotten War That Shaped America: King Philip’s War Centuries before the calendar skipped ahead, a war exploded that reshaped the colonies—and was nearly erased from memory. https://youtu.be/NEQkkM7OhacOperation Paul Bunyan: When the U.S. Flexed with Chainsaws A Cold War standoff that proves time isn’t the only thing that can disappear fast—like trees in the DMZ https://youtu.be/lAYCcG8XuqoReferenced or Inspired By Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 – UK Parliamentary Archives https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/houseofcommons/reformacts/overview/calendaract/William Hogarth’s “An Election Entertainment” https://collections.soane.org/object-p253Oxford University Press Blog: “The Lost Days of 1752” https://blog.oup.com/2012/09/britain-skipped-11-days-september-1752/National Archives – George Washington’s Birthday and Calendar Change https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/washingtonThe Church and the Calendar – Journal of Ecclesiastical History (Cambridge) https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-ecclesiastical-history/article/abs/change-of-calendar-in-1752/6FAABF5D04334F678989B728DBF9A196Images: Video and image files also sourced through iStock and Getty, and some AI generated images as noted. Music: Bored Shortz and The Cat’s Meow by Everet Almond, Muffin Man by Cooper Cannell 10 second pre-roll promo for An Ounce Podcast on YouTube
