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Feb 6 13 tweets 6 min read
After 3.5m pages of Epstein files dropped, the connection between global elites and ritualistic practices has become undeniable.

• Devil worship
• Occult symbols
• Human sacrifice

But how did these vile practices start?

A deep-dive into their origins: Image When people picture a satanic ritual, they see the same things:

• A goat-headed demon
• Hooded figures in a circle
• Chanting, candles, sacrifice
• Pentagrams drawn in blood

This image feels ancient, like it's been around forever... but it hasn't. Image
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Jan 17 16 tweets 6 min read
In 2012, Phil Ivey and Kelly Sun pulled off the greatest LEGAL casino heist of all time.

They exploited a flaw so tiny that casinos didn't even know it existed.

Over 9 months, the duo stole $20+ million from the world's most prestigious casinos.

Here's how it all unfolded: Image Phil Ivey is arguably the best all-round poker player of all time.

• $19 million in online winnings
• 10 World Series of Poker bracelets
• An aura that rivals Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods

But by 2012, his golden goose was cooked. Image
Apr 20, 2025 20 tweets 6 min read
What if I told you Boston once experienced a deadly tsunami... of molasses?

In 1919, a wave of sticky syrup 25 feet high crashed through city streets at 35 mph, killing 21 people and injuring 150 more.

Here's the bizarre disaster they don't teach in history class... 🧵 Image
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The source: a 50-foot-tall steel tank on Commercial Street in Boston's North End, holding 2.3 million gallons of molasses owned by United States Industrial Alcohol.

The company used it to produce alcohol for liquor and WWI munitions. Image
Apr 16, 2025 13 tweets 4 min read
In 1816, snow fell in June, crops failed worldwide, and the sky turned blood red.

The apocalyptic weather wasn't just a freak occurrence—but in the 1800s, no science, religion, or delusion could explain it.

Here's the forgotten apocalyptic scene of the 1800s: 🧵 Image April 10, 1815: Mount Tambora in Indonesia erupted with a force 100 times greater than Mount St. Helens.

It was the largest volcanic explosion in recorded history, killing 71,000 people instantly and ejecting 150 cubic kilometers of ash into the atmosphere. Image
Apr 5, 2025 9 tweets 3 min read
London, summer 1858.

The Thames River turns into a literal SEWER—human crap, dead fish, factory sludge, piled so thick it’s a brown nightmare.

The smell is so bad it chokes the city and sends lawmakers running.

Here's the story of The Great Stink (that nose no bounds)🧵 Image Victorian London is booming—2.5 million people, no sanitation game.

Toilets flush straight into the Thames, same river they drink from.

June hits, heat cranks to 32°C (90°F), and the poop stew BAKES.
50,000 tons of sewage just vibing in the sun.
Mar 22, 2025 12 tweets 5 min read
The 10 Strangest Planets in Space That Defy All Logic 🧵 Image 1/ TrES-2b

This is the darkest planet we know of. It only reflects <1% light as it absorbs 99% of incident light.

It's so hot (1,100°C or 2,012°F) it glows molten red.

Scientists are unsure of the exact cause of its darkness. Image
Mar 20, 2025 24 tweets 10 min read
60 years of silence broken.

A deathbed confession. Foreign interference.
Elite coverups. Missing evidence suddenly found.

The JFK assassination mystery is unravelling before our eyes, and it's more shocking than anyone imagined.

Here's the story (and what the files say): 🧵 Image November 22, 1963: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

The official story points to Lee Harvey Oswald as a lone gunman.

But a staggering 65% of Americans believe there's more to the story.

Here's why...
Mar 19, 2025 17 tweets 5 min read
The Battle of Peleliu had a 40% casualty rate.

The battle that was meant to last 4 days dragged on for 74.

So many lives lost. Minimal strategic importance. Lots of controversy.

Here's how a tiny Pacific island became one of WWII's most savage battlegrounds: Image September 15th, 1944.

American forces need Peleliu's airfield to support operations in the Philippines. Major General William Rupertus confidently declares:

"We'll be through in three days"

His prediction would haunt the 47,561 American troops sent to face what awaited them...
Mar 6, 2025 16 tweets 6 min read
A thread of World War II images you’ve (probably) never seen before:

1. Adolf Hitler with two of Joseph Goebbels' six children. The two girls were murdered with cyanide by their parents in 1945. Image 2. An eager school boy gets his first experience in using War Ration Book Two. With many parents engaged in war work, children are being taught the facts of point rationing for helping out in family marketing." (February 1943) Image
Feb 22, 2025 17 tweets 5 min read
Why is America's drinking age 21?

And how the heck did Michael Jackson help determine that?

Here’s how Ronald Reagan and Michael Jackson used a constitutional loophole to turn highway funds into a weapon to engineer a still-standing national law: Image It’s 1971.

The Vietnam War has America divided.

An anti-war argument: thousands of young Americans die fighting a pointless war.

The 26th Amendment lowers the voting age to 18, sparking a national debate: If teens can die in Vietnam, why can’t they drink? Image
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Feb 19, 2025 31 tweets 10 min read
Everyone knows Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Rockefeller.

But who else has held the throne as the wealthiest person on Earth?

Let's go back 2000 years and check who makes the list: 🧵 Image 115–53 BC — Marcus Licinius Crassus

Peak net worth: $200 million sesterces
Equivalent today: ~$210 billion

Median income: $40–$60/year (≈ 12–18 sesterces)

Roman general who amassed wealth through real estate, slave trading, and confiscating property during political purges. Image
Feb 15, 2025 15 tweets 6 min read
Everyone thinks Valentine's Day is about love, chocolates, and cards.

But there's a darker truth behind February 14th that started with animal sacrifices and whipping women.

Here's the untold story of how a pagan fertility festival became a $25 billion romance industry: Image
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Let's travel back to Ancient Rome.

Every February 13-15, Romans celebrated Lupercalia - a wild fertility festival where priests sacrificed goats and dogs in the Lupercal cave.

These priests (Luperci) would then run naked through streets, whipping women w bloody animal hides. Image
Feb 14, 2025 12 tweets 6 min read
Everyone talks about MK Ultra.

But that's only scratching the surface...

CIA — FBI — NSA — the Army — they've done hundreds of crazy experiments, resulting in decades of civil war, and much worse...

They don't want you to know this... — so here are 9 of them: Image
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1. Operation Ajax (1953, Iran)

Who: CIA & British MI6

Objective: Overthrow the Prime Minister to reinstate Shah Pahlavi

Method: Propaganda, bribes, and staged protests

Outcome: Reinstated Shah, securing Western oil interests. Caused long-term anti-US sentiment Image
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Jan 19, 2025 16 tweets 5 min read
What if I told you a single disease killed more people than WW1 and WW2 combined?

The Black Death didn't just devastate Europe - it rewired human DNA, changed medicine forever, and left traces we can still find today.

Here's the wild story...🧵 Image Imagine: It's 1347.

A Mongol army besieges Kaffa, a bustling Genoese trading port in Crimea.

Their weapon of choice?

Not catapults or swords, but corpses carrying a mysterious disease that would soon bring Europe to its knees... Image
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Jan 1, 2025 15 tweets 4 min read
In 747 BCE, something strange happened across the ancient world.

Civilizations suddenly abandoned their 360-day calendars that had been used for over 1000 years.

What caused this global shift?

Here's the untold story of humanity's struggle to track time: Image Picture this: An Egyptian priest stands atop a temple, eyes fixed on the star Sirius.

It's 4236 BCE - the earliest recorded year in human history.

He's about to make a discovery that will change timekeeping forever. Image
Dec 19, 2024 48 tweets 18 min read
Everyone talks about Washington, Lincoln, and JFK.

But all 45 American presidents had wild secrets, strange habits, and shocking stories that history class never taught you.

Wild fun facts about every US president:

/thread Image 1/ George Washington

• Operated one of America’s largest whiskey distilleries, producing 11,000 gallons in one year

• He 'purchased' teeth from his slaves for his own dentures

• Refused treatment that could've saved his life when dying because he wanted to die naturally Image