This is Ejnar Mikkelsen a Danish polar explorer.

Whose expedition crew abandoned him in the Arctic wilderness when things went south.

His mental fortitude carried him through 28 months of frozen hell.

Here's the tale of an ultimate survival...🧵
Ejnar Mikkelsen, born in 1880, was a Danish explorer who fell in love with the Arctic as a teenager.

At 14, he went to sea and by 16, he walked 320 miles from Stockholm to Gothenburg to join an Arctic expedition.

His obsession with the frozen north nearly cost him everything.

This is mind blowing:

800 years ago, this man introduced a sequence that appears — from flowers to galaxies and even in human DNA.

Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

Here's how universe's secret pattern reveals itself: 🧵
Born in 1170 in Pisa, Italy, Leonardo Pisano wasn't destined for greatness.

His father, a merchant, took him to North Africa where he learned something revolutionary:

the Hindu-Arabic numeral system (0-9).

Europe was still stuck with clunky Roman numerals (I, V, X).

In 1968, Stanford psychologists put a sweet in front of hundreds of 4-year-olds.

"You can eat it now. Or wait 15 minutes and get two."

50 years later, this simple test predicted who succeeded in life with shocking accuracy.

Here's the truth behind the famous test:🧵 The "marshmallow test" started with a simple setup:

Put a treat in front of a child. Tell them they can have one now or two if they wait.

Then leave them alone for 15 minutes.

What happened next revealed how our brains are wired for success or failure from childhood.

In 1809, a humanlike robot humiliated Napoleon in a public chess match.

It then took down Benjamin Franklin, Charles Babbage and some of Europe's greatest minds.

How!? For decades, it remained a mystery...

Here's the story of history's most brilliant hoax:🧵 Picture this:

A life-sized Turkish figure in exotic robes, seated at a wooden cabinet.

Its mechanical arm moved chess pieces with inhuman precision. Its face showed real expressions.

For nearly a century, nobody could explain how it worked.

This is Magnus Carlsen.

The highest-rated chess player ever lived.

He finally revealed the mental framework that sets him head and shoulders above the rest & made him a $50M fortune.

Here are key insights that lead to great success in any field:🧵
Most people think chess requires genius-level intelligence.

Magnus Carlsen proves them wrong.

He discovered something far more powerful than raw IQ.

Here's what 15 years of dominating chess taught him about mastery:

In 1915, 28 men faced certain death in Antarctica:

Their ship was crushed
Their location unknown
Their chances of rescue: zero

But their captain had a unique leadership method...

Here's how one man kept his crew alive for two years in a frozen hell:🧵 The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Ernest Shackleton, had a bold goal:

To cross Antarctica on foot. 1,800 miles of ice.

The last unexplored continent by humans.

But they never even reached the starting point...

This Russian scientist tried to study dog digestion.

Instead, he accidentally discovered how the human brain works.

The experiment was so profound, that it changed psychology forever.

Here's the revealed secret and why it matters more than ever:🧵
Meet Ivan Pavlov.

A man responsible for one of the most famous and influential discovery in the history of psychology.

Before the revelation occurred, his lab was a scene from a sci-fi horror...

In 1962, a scientist locked himself in a pitch-black cave for 63 days.

He wanted to uncover how time works inside the human mind.

What he discovered might shock you.

Here's the full story:🧵
Meet Michel Siffre, a 23-year-old explorer who turned himself into a human lab rat.

On July 16, 1962, he descended into the Scarasson Cavern in the French Alps.

His mission? To understand how time works inside the human mind.

This is the Western Front.

Christmas Eve, 1914.

100,000 British and German soldiers lie in frozen trenches. Then a soldier begins to sing…

What followed became one of history's most remarkable moments of humanity...🧵
Picture this: Trenches stretched for miles. Enemies just yards apart.

British soldiers prepared for another night of warfare.

Then, something magical happened...

The Christmas holiday holds a dark secret...

Winter in December brought not Santa—but a terrifying creature that hunted children.

A tradition so ancient, even the Christian Church couldn't fully erase it.

Here's the full story...🧵
Long before Christianity, pagans feared a winter spirit who judged humanity.

Norse legends named him son of Hel, ruler of the underworld.

A primal force of winter's judgment...

In 1957, America witnessed its greatest national humiliation.

Not on a battlefield. Not in politics.

But 250 miles above Earth, where a Soviet satellite streaked across American skies, beeping its victory signal.

The Space Race had begun and the US was already losing...🧵 October 4, 1957:

A simple "beep...beep...beep" echoed through American radios.

The sound? Sputnik 1 - the first human-made object in orbit.

Government's concern: this will have a Pearl Harbor effect on American public opinion.

Look at this man:

A poker nobody who entered a $150,000 high-ticket tournament with close to zero experience and chances.

In one night, he destroyed world champions, won $8M, and vanished—leaving behind his trophy and a mysterious note.

Here's an unbelievable story...🧵
At 69, Vladimir Korzinin was an unknown inventor with zero poker fame, who looked for life experience.

In just days, he'd transform into the most talked-about player in high-stakes poker history.

Some called him “Gambledore”—and for good reason.

Your plastic water bottle isn’t just a container.

It’s a multi-billion-dollar health threat, packed with invisible invaders.

Scientists have just discovered microplastics in the human bloodstream and organs.

Here’s how it is wrecking your health and what you should do:🧵
March 2022, Netherlands.

Blood samples from 22 healthy, anonymous volunteers were taken for meticulous analyze.

Result?

Microplastics were found in nearly 80% of them.

The REAL story of Thanksgiving:

How a single feast became America's most complicated Holiday.

Forget the myth you learned in school.

Here's, what really happened in 1621...🧵

(if you dare) In 1621, something extraordinary happened in Plymouth that would reshape American history forever.

The first "Thanksgiving" wasn't a peaceful dinner.

It was a complex encounter between Pilgrims and Wampanoag as...

Your morning coffee isn't just a drink.

It is a psychoactive drug with $465 billion global market.

Yet, scientists just discovered it does way more to your brain than we thought.

Here's what really happens when caffeine hits your system...🧵
First, an army of caffeine molecules storms your brain.

Their mission?

Block adenosine - the chemical that makes you sleepy.

But that's just the beginning of coffee's hostile takeover of your nervous system...

This Ancient strategy has grasped the Blood, Sweat, and Tears of millions across centuries:

Also known as Game Theory...

The most powerful decision-making framework used by everyone from Hammurabi, Sun Tzu to USA & USSR.

Here's what it's, how it works, how to master it: Communication has always played a crucial role in human life.

Influencing everything from relationships & business to strategic actions during Cold War.

It’s no surprise, then, that it’s a major field of study.

To begin, watch "Game Theory" in real-action between USA & USSR ⤵

This teenager exposed the dark truth of sleep deprivation.

He signed up for a no-sleep experiment to uncover where it would lead.

What he discovered might shock you.

Here’s the full story: 🧵 In December 1963, at just 17 years old, Randy Gardner embarked on a sleep deprivation experiment.

(for so called high school science project)

The goal?

To test the effects of extreme sleep deprivation on cognitive abilities and performance.