Was 536 Really the Worst Year in History?

Ridiculous History

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🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Welcome to the end of the year, fellow Ridiculous Historians! As Ben, Noel and Max look back on the events of 2025, they discovered historians do, in fact, have one year singled out as "the worst year in human history." But... why? Join the guys as they explore how DXXXVI absolutely wrecked Europe, the Middle East and Asia -- with consequences that reverberate in the modern day.

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0:00.0	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show fellow ridiculous historians.
0:29.4	Thank you, as always so much for tuning in.
0:32.7	Let's hear it for one of the best super producers in the game, Mr. Max Williams.
0:37.4	There he is, Mr. America.
0:42.3	See, Max.
0:42.9	That boy, it's Max.
0:45.2	It's Max.
0:45.9	That's the facts.
0:46.8	That's right.
0:47.3	That's the song.
0:48.2	That's what it was.
0:49.3	That's also Mr. Noel Brown.
0:52.1	They call me Ben Bullen.
0:53.8	We're here at the end of
0:55.9	2025.
0:57.4	Are we on the precipice of 2026?
1:01.1	Yeah, we're recording on Thursday,
1:03.7	December 18th.
1:05.8	And at this time of the year,
1:08.7	you know, since we're referencing songs, you know, this is a time for
1:13.3	reflection, looking back, play Counting Crows Long December.
1:17.1	I was going to say, there is reason to believe that maybe this year will be better than the last.
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