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Cursed gold statues from South America, magical stones from Nepal, the Atlantis of the desert and an undiscovered pirate colony with the greatest treasure of all time - that sounds like crazy gaming, doesn't it? In this episode, we'll find out how credible the stories from the Uncharted series really are - together with @MrWissen2go and Chris from @GameTwo. #Uncharted #MrWissen2go #ScienceVsFiction In addition to Science vs. Fiction, Jack Pop is also a science influencer - you can follow exactly what he's up to on Instagram: ▸ / . . To Mirko's channel, click here: ▸ / mrwissen2go To GameTwo's channel, click here: ▸ / gametwo Backgrounds, sources and further information about this episode: Privateer Sir Francis Drake: ▸ https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/vor-42... The Treasure of El Dorado: ▸ https://www.geo.de/magazine/geo-epoch... The Muisca and the Gold Raft: ▸ https://www.scinexx.de/dossierartikel... Tunga penetrans: ▸ https://www.paradisi.de/krankheiten/f... Explorer Marco Polo: ▸ https://www.nationalgeographic.de/ges... German Tibet Expedition 1938/39: ▸ https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/nazis-... ▸ https://studybuddhism.com/de/fortgesc... John Dee: ▸ https://www.muyhistoria.es/h-moderna/... The Enochian Alphabet: ▸ https://www.obib.de/Schriften/AlteSch... Lawrence of Arabia: ▸ https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/lawren... Ubar, the real Atlantis of the desert: ▸ https://taz.de/Atlantis-im-Sand-entde... Henry Avery: ▸ https://stuckismus.de/henry-avery-pir... The legendary Gunsway raid: ▸ https://www.history.com/news/henry-ev... /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ Does radioactivity lead to superpowers? How does Sonic reach the speed of sound? How many helium balloons does the Disney house take off from "above" with? We'll do the math and try it out - with live experiments, smart experts and you. Tell us what we should check and you'll get nerd facts and show-off knowledge for the next party. MDR knowledge on the internet: ▸ https://www.mdr.de/wissen/index.html Please observe our netiquette when commenting! ▸ https://www.mdr.de/s/wissennetiquette