three times when rich people

successfully fooled the poor in the

1500s Queen Elizabeth banned commoners

from wearing silk Furs and bright

clothes of course it was because rich

people felt less special if you dressed

like them but her majesty couldn't just

say this out loud instead she basically

claimed she was protecting poor people

from falling into debt what a thoughtful

young lady during the Middle Ages people

did not have money for vacations most

people traveled only to visit holy sites

and sacred ones got more visitors you

see this caused a very famous lying

epidemic at one point a hundred

different churches claimed to have the

same cup Jesus drank from thousands

claimed to have the bones of famous

Saints and these fake relics worked in

guilt-tripping poor commoners in 100 BC

Greek king mithridates invented a super

antidote and claimed it gave him

immunity against every single poison in

the world of course that was impossible

but people went crazy over it 