Everyone thinks Santa doesn't exist.

But this isn’t just a fairy tale - it’s a story that started more than 1700 years ago.

Here's how our good old Santa Claus came to be (read this before he visits you tonight): 🧵 It all began in the ancient city of Patara in 270 AD.

Nicholas was born to wealthy Christian parents after years of prayer.

Unfortunately, tragedy struck early when an epidemic killed his parents.

But this incident helped create the man we all adore.

McDonald's is THE most successful fast-food chain in the world.

But dive into it and you realize it is NOT a burger company.

Their real business lies elsewhere.

Here's what's behind its $200B+ empire: 🧵 In 1974, McDonald's Ray Kroc asked some MBA students:

"What business do you think I'm in?"

Their answer: "The hamburger business."

Kroc said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not in the hamburger business. I'm in the real estate business."

But it didn't start as such...

This woman has the Highest IQ ever recorded (228).

Miles away from Einstein (160-190), Hawking (160) or Musk (155).

Despite this, she was ridiculed for her answer to what seemed a simple problem.

Yet she saw what no one else could.

Here's her story: 🧵 Marilyn Vos Savant wasn't your usual kid.

By age 10 she:

• Memorized entire books
• Read all 24 volumes of Encyclopedia Britannica
• Had the highest IQ ever recorded (228)

She was destined to be a genius.

But the reality was different.

This tech founder spent $2M on a radical experiment.

He turned his biological age from 42 to 21 in 5 months.

Now he spends $2M/year to make death optional.

Here is Bryan Johnson, the world's most monitored human 🧵 The results from his Blueprint are mind-blowing:

• Slowed pace of aging by the equivalent of 31 years
• Reduced biological age by 21 years in 5 months
• Accumulating aging damage slower than 88% of 18-year-olds

But why did Bryan start all this?

This man created the greatest money-printing machine in history.

His fund achieved 66%/yr (outperformed Warren Buffett's by 46%) for 30 YEARS.

Here's the story of the man who cracked Wall Street and built a $100B+ empire: 🧵 Jim Simons was a math prodigy from a young age.

He earned his PhD in mathematics from UC Berkeley at 23.

His first big challenge was cracking soviet codes during the Cold War for the NSA.

He was just getting started.