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Feb 26 3 tweets 3 min read
Dorothy Counts was the teenager that challenged segregation in 1957. She was 15 and as she made her way from Harding High School in Charlotte, she was taunted and harassed by white students.
When you know #EGI all the narratives fall apart!

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Feb 27
The Monument of Children of Bouches-du-Rhône and the Church of Reformés

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Feb 26
Dovima was an incredibly famous, model.

Born in 1927, she was discovered by a modelling agent & later became the highest-paid model in the industry.

It wasn't by chance that Dovima became the 1st American supermodel, fame & fortune is reserved for those in the EGI club. ImageImageImageImage
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Feb 25
Green Shield Stamps seemed to be everywhere during the 60s & 70s. The GSS scheme was an incentive scheme introduced into the UK in 1958. It was aimed at increasing custom at participating sales outlets. Stamps were given to shoppers with every purchase.
It just so happened that 33 was chose to be printed on all stamps. This had nothing to do with price or value of the stamps. Were a massive amount of people unwittingly participating in some sort of occult ritual?
The number of stamps each shopper received depended on how much was spent in the store. The more money you spent, the more stamps you got. The stamps were then stuck into a book.
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Feb 24
Much of the old town of Lubeck has kept a medieval appearance with old buildings and narrow streets.

All of these buildings are absolute masterpieces of architectural style & design.

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Young Winston Churchill 1884-1904
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Churchill and his brother Jack as children, 1884.
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