10 Myths Based On Real Things

The Mens Room Daily Podcast

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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0:00.0	Have you guys ever wondered how some mythological creatures got their start?
0:03.0	Of course.
0:04.0	Me too!
0:05.0	The Midsroom Top 10!
0:07.0	The Midsroom Top 10!
0:10.0	So this comes to us via go-to tutors, and it is missed from your childhood that are actually based on real things.
0:20.0	Okay. Yes.
0:22.2	El Dorado.
0:23.5	We all know El Dorado, yes.
0:24.4	The city of gold. The city of gold.
0:25.5	The Spanish conquistadors' quest for the legendary city of gold was not pure fantasy.
0:29.8	It was based on real, uh, real ceremonies in Colombia where tribal leaders would cover themselves in gold dust and make offerings of
0:37.8	golden emeralds in Lake Guatavita. European misinterpretations and exaggerations transformed
0:43.7	this actual ritual into an entire golden city sparking centuries of destructive expeditions
0:48.8	throughout South America. Sounds about right. We got to go find this then. Everyone was covered in
0:53.2	gold, right? By the time it gets back, it was just talking months.
0:56.0	Correct.
0:57.0	Like, what was the game you play?
0:58.0	Like, I don't know, it was like 12 people.
0:59.0	Yeah, exactly. It starts with one comment you made about the time it comes back. Like, what is even going on? Right. 12 months on a boat, you're getting drunk, you're a little bit, you know, dehydrated from all the sunlight.
1:10.7	Scurvy, all the rest of the sun poisoned.
1:12.3	The people are made of gold, let's go.
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