It should have been his crowning achievement… instead, it led to his ruin.

In one of history’s strangest plot twists, he painted his legacy but ruined his life.

This is the tale of how "The Night Watch" destroyed Rembrandt’s career. 🧵 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born in 1606 in the Dutch Republic. By the 1630s, he had become one of the most sought-after painters in Amsterdam.

His mastery of light, shadow, and emotion set him apart.

But his greatest gamble would also be his downfall.

They were told to find a route to the Pacific.

When Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis & Clark they crossed a continent—and nearly lost their lives doing it.

A journey of grizzly tracks, freezing Rivers & tribal Diplomacy

This is the untamed story of America’s greatest expedition. The year is 1804.
The United States ends at the Mississippi River.

Beyond it? Wilderness. Mountains. Myths.
President Jefferson has just doubled the nation's size with the Louisiana Purchase.

Now he wants to see what he bought.

A group of Navy SEALs are dropped above Panama in total darkness.

There is no backup and no second chances.

Their target? A rogue CIA asset turned dictator with his own private army.

This is the story of Operation Just Cause, and the SEAL raid that nearly went to hell. 👇🧵 The year is 1989.

Panama is ruled by General Manuel Noriega (nicknamed “Pineapple Face” due to his scars). A dictator, drug trafficker, and former CIA asset gone rogue.

He's holding a country hostage. And the U.S. is done playing nice.

How did a man who lived so quietly come to influence giants like Hegel, Nietzsche, and Einstein?

And why were his ideas considered so dangerous that he was excommunicated from the Jewish community?

A thread about the man who saw God in everything. Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) led a fascinating yet quiet life, marked by intellectual bravery and personal hardship.

He was born in Amsterdam to a Portuguese-Jewish family that had fled the Inquisition.

They rode with ferocious speed to save Western civilization.

Would they arrive on time to save Europe when all seemed lost?

The ground shook as they thundered across the battlefield, lowering their lances and bracing for impact… The year is 1683 AD.

At this time, the Ottoman Empire had expanded deep into Europe, and Vienna, a critical stronghold, was under siege.

The Vatican’s deadliest servant never preached a sermon.
But he did bring salvation.

He served 6 popes and delivered justice over 500 times.

Meet the Pope’s executioner.

A man of faith, and of the blade. 👇🧵
His name was Giovanni Battista Bugatti, but Rome called him Mastro Titta. (Master of Justice)

He was the official executioner of the Papal States for nearly 70 years.

A sword in a stone. A king in waiting.

Excalibur wasn't about war but about worthiness.
It was a test not for strength, but for character.

Did you ever feel like you're meant for more?
Perhaps there is a reason this thread found you... 👇🧵 The sword in the stone is one of the most enduring symbols in all mythology.

It appears simple:
Pull the sword, become king.

But the truth behind it is far more profound.

During WWII, the Germans unleashed a colossal behemoth onto the battlefield.

Capable of firing shells the weight of a car, it required a 2,000-person crew to operate and left craters the size of buildings in its wake.

A 🧵 on the Schwerer Gustav, complete with rare footage. In the annals of military history, few weapons stand out for their sheer audacity and size as the Schwerer Gustav, a massive German railway gun designed during World War II.

While it may seem straight out of a sci-fi movie, it was very much real.

Nixon mocked it. “The most faggy goddamn thing you could ever imagine.”

Then secret footage leaked—confirming the conspiracy.

A hidden forest retreat for the world elite.
A stone owl.
An effigy in flames.

Step lightly, we are entering Bohemian Grove... 👇🧵 The year is 2000.

A shaky handheld camera, footage captures hooded men, fires crackling, and a towering stone owl.

What was once dismissed as conspiracy is now in plain view.

Are you living up to your full potential?

In a world of endless content, distraction is your greatest adversary.

Saint Augustine lamented the chains of habit and the lure of fleeting pleasures that pulled him from his purpose.

A🧵 on how to break free and reclaim your soul. Before he was a saint, Augustine was lost.

He chased pleasure, fame, and intellectual pride.

In Confessions, he describes how his soul was “torn to pieces” by desires he could not control.

She ruled American imagination for over a century.

A Roman goddess reborn for the New World.

Her name was Columbia, but America forgot about her.

This is the tale of her rise and fall, and why we need her back.

🧵👇 Before there was “Uncle Sam.”
Before the Statue of Liberty.
Before America saw herself as a businessman, a cowboy, or a soldier...

She saw herself as a goddess.

What does it take to challenge an Empire?

Meet the mysterious seer whose visions inspired the tribes to unite and take up arms against Roman imperial might.

She became a symbol of defiance and ignited a savage rebellion that would shake the region to its very core.

🧵👇 The year was 69 AD, and the Roman Empire was mired in chaos.

The death of Emperor Nero had plunged the empire into civil war, a turbulent period known as the Year of the Four Emperors.

In the 8th century, the fate of Europe teetered on a knife’s edge.

A vast caliphate swept westward—unstoppable, unchallenged.

But in the heart of Gaul a man rose to stop the Muslim invasion in a final battle that saved Western Civilization. 🧵👇 The year is 732.

In the heart of Europe, the world holds its breath.

A storm approaches from the south—an empire on horseback, forged in the deserts of Arabia, now sweeping westward with the force of destiny itself.

Christianity today is often portrayed as soft.
Passive.
Forgiving to a fault.

But the truth is older than that.
Older than the modern world.
Older than peace.

It understood that history isn't made by the timid. 🧵 The first sacred stories weren’t about peace.
They were about war.

About gods striking giants.
Prophets defying kings.
Angels slaying dragons.

To travel is to be transformed.

Marco Polo didn’t set out to make history.

Across scorching deserts & foreign empires, he followed curiosity like a compass until travel became a way of life.

A young man from Venice mastered the art of travel, and now you can do to.🧵👇 Born in 1254, Marco Polo grew up in a Venice alive with trade.
But his father and uncle were already gone—on a trading mission deep into Asia.

When they returned 15 years later, they brought tales no one believed…

Tales of a Mongol emperor named Kublai Khan.

A supply ship docks at a remote Scottish lighthouse.

Only to find out the keepers vanished without a trace.
No sign of struggle. No bodies.

Just a dinner table set for a meal, a toppled chair and a final log entry...

🧵 The Flannan Isles are a group of small, rocky islands off the coast of Scotland.
Barren. Isolated.

Beaten by the Atlantic.
Only one thing stands on them: a lighthouse.

Jesus Christ—God, or man?

In 325 AD, the answer to that question nearly broke the Roman Empire apart.

Here's how Constantine tried to save it and have the council answer the following question:

Is Christ of the same substance as the Father?🧵 The Roman Empire had just barely survived centuries of civil war, plagues, and persecution.

In 312, Constantine became emperor—and everything changed.

August 1958. The Cold War is heating up.

In the frozen silence beneath the Arctic, an American submarine vanishes under the ice—its mission classified. Its destination unknown.

The soviets don't know that it carries a nuclear reactor… and a course set for the North Pole. 🧵👇 Her name is USS Nautilus (SSN-571)—the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine.

She doesn’t need to surface.
She doesn’t need to refuel.
She can run silent and deep… indefinitely.

Few names in history carry the weight of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

A queen forced to rebel against her own king birthed one of histories greatest legends.

Her story is one of defiance, betrayal, and the ultimate revenge... She was born in 1122, heir to the vast Duchy of Aquitaine—a land richer and more powerful than even the French crown.

At 15, she became the most sought-after bride in Europe.

The Disney version was a fairytale: She met John Smith. She saved him. They fell in love.

The true story is far darker, lies were told, history was fabricated.

This is the tale of the abduction of Pocahontas. 🧵👇 Her real name was Matoaka.

“Pocahontas” was a nickname—meaning “playful one.”

She was born around 1596, the daughter of Wahunsenaca, the powerful chief of the Powhatan Confederacy.

Out of the 102 passengers who boarded the Mayflower in 1620, only about 53 survived to see the first Thanksgiving in the fall of 1621 — just a year later.

America began with a gamble across the Atlantic.

But landfall wasn’t salvation, it was the start of the nightmare. 🧵👇 The year is 1620 AD.

Europe is in turmoil—wars, plagues, and religious persecution rage across the continent.

In England, a small group of radical Protestants, known as Separatists, are being hunted for wanting to worship outside the Church of England.