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Aug 27 • 20 tweets • 7 min read
1994: Bill Gates bought da Vinci's private journal for $30.8 million.
Then immediately
- Locked it in a vault where no one can see it
- Denied all researcher access
Reason?
These 500-year-old pages contain a discovery so terrifying, Gates refuses to let the public know.
The notebook is called the **Codex Leicester**
72 pages written between 1506–1510
All in da Vinci’s strange mirror-script
It covers astronomy, hydrodynamics, geology…
But it’s not just science
There’s a pattern hidden in these pages
Jun 15 • 18 tweets • 6 min read
🚨 BREAKING
March 8, 1971: FBI's biggest nightmare begins.
8 ordinary citizens break into FBI's office & steal every secret file.
The FBI launched their biggest manhunt ever.
But never caught them.
43 years later, in 2014, the truth emerged (and it shocked the world)👇
It all started with a secret government project.
For decades, the FBI had been tapping phones, infiltrating homes, and surveilling citizens.
This wasn’t Hollywood fiction.
This was the COINTELPRO program—one of the most controversial in U.S. history.
Jun 13 • 19 tweets • 5 min read
🚨 SHOCKING 🚨
1752: Britain made 11 days disappear from history:
Millions went to sleep on Sept 2...
Woke up on Sept 14.
But, the dark truth behind history's missing days hardly anyone knows about: 👇
Imagine waking up to find 11 days erased from your life.
No one knew what happened.
Confusion turned to chaos.
People rioted, fearing they had been robbed of their time.
This wasn’t fiction.
This was real.
Jun 12 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
May 27 2020:
This man hired a secret charter flight to Alaska's forbidden zone.
Military radar had detected something massive 700ft underground.
His last diary entry:
"went to get water"
Then he disappeared forever.
The story the government doesn’t want you to know:🧵
In 1992
A U.S. geologist named Doug Mutschler heard whispers of a "black pyramid" buried under Alaska
Larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza
And allegedly discovered by accident during a classified military operation
He tried to investigate
What happened next was disturbing
Jun 9 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
Everyone talks about great geniuses like Einstein, Edison, and Tesla.
But no one knows László Bíró.
• His name became a verb in 3 languages.
• His invention is used by 93% of humans.
• Yet he died with just $2,000 to his name.
The shocking story of incredible genius:
László was a struggling journalist in Hungary.
He had one problem:
Fountain pens.
They smudged.
They leaked.
They were unreliable.
He spent his days taking notes, and every time his ink smeared, frustration grew.
Then he had an idea.
May 15 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
May 27 2020:
This man hired a secret charter flight to Alaska's forbidden zone.
Military radar had detected something massive 700ft underground.
His last diary entry:
"went to get water"
Then he disappeared forever.
The story the government doesn’t want you to know:🧵
In 1992
A U.S. geologist named Doug Mutschler heard whispers of a "black pyramid" buried under Alaska
Larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza
And allegedly discovered by accident during a classified military operation
He tried to investigate
What happened next was disturbing
May 9 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
This Chicago lawyer became the most powerful Pope in history.
• First American Pope in in 2000 years
• Speaks 6 languages
• Refuses luxury apartments
But that’s not what makes him different.
Here’s the untold story of Pope Leo XIV’s daily life: 🧵
Born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, Pope Leo XIV's journey began far from the grandeur of the Vatican.
Raised in a modest household, he embraced humility early on.
This foundation would later define his papacy.
May 8 • 19 tweets • 7 min read
HISTORIC ⚡
1975: This man made a shocking decision:
He rejected Harvard Law to serve Peru's poorest villages
Now, he's the 267th Pope
• Speaks ancient Incan
• Walked 8hrs to help the poor
• First American born ever
The untold story of new elected Pope Robert Prevost: 🧵
In 1975
Robert Prevost was at the top of his game
Chicago math teacher
Devout Catholic
Accepted into Harvard Law
He had everything a young man could dream of
But then—he made a decision that no one saw coming
Apr 22 • 20 tweets • 8 min read
🚨 SHOCKING 🚨
You've been lied to about Pope Francis.
Before he became Pope:
• Worked as a bouncer
• Had a girlfriend
• Survived a brutal regime
Here are 17 more shocking revelations about Francis that world doesn't know: (WITH RARE PICS) 🧵 1. He was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires
A city plagued with political turmoil
He grew up in a tiny home
Raised by a strict Catholic mother and a tough-as-nails railway father
Life was never easy for him
Apr 15 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
You've been lied to about aging.
This Harvard scientist proved it's a disease. And it's reversible.
He's 53 but his cells are 27.
Time Magazine says his discovery will change humanity forever.
Here's his full protocol:
@DavidASinclair doesn't just study aging—he lives his research.
At 53, he's cracked the code on youthfulness.
The secret? It’s not magic, it’s science.
And it’s within your reach.
His 8-step protocol is designed to make you look—and feel—younger.
Apr 13 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
TERRIFYING⚡️
1958: The US planned to NUKE the moon.
• 1.7 kiloton bomb
• Top scientists involved
• Top secret for 40 years
What they discovered terrified them into canceling everything:
In 1958, the world was gripped by the Cold War.
The Soviet Union had just launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite.
The U.S. was desperate to reclaim its dominance in the Space Race.
What followed was a plan as audacious as it was terrifying.
Feb 25 • 18 tweets • 5 min read
🚨 TERRIFYING 🚨
1981: The Soviet scientists dug Earth's deepest hole.
But, at 40,000 feet below Earth's surface, their equipment picked up impossible sounds.
The KGB classified the tapes immediately.
The declassified tapes reveal the truth:
The story begins with an ambitious project:
" The Kola Superdeep Borehole. "
Soviet scientists wanted to drill deeper into Earth than anyone had before.
To uncover its secrets.
To explore the unknown.
But what they found was beyond their imagination.
Feb 23 • 19 tweets • 5 min read
This is the man Hitler feared most.
Not for his weapons.
But for his power to control minds.
The extraordinary story of the forgotten father of modern psychology (and what you can learn from him):
Hippolyte Bernheim was the real genius behind hypnotic suggestion.
He wasn’t a household name, but his discoveries were too powerful to be forgotten.
Freud learned from him but Bernheim was the mastermind.
How did he unlock the true potential of the mind?
Let’s dive in.
Feb 21 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
SHOCKING 🤯
1989: This man made the most EXPENSIVE mistake in history.
He created the World Wide Web, which today has:
• Patent value of $3.2T
• Yearly revenue potential of $480B
But he refused everything and took "ZERO" dollars.
The reason will shock you:
It all began with a problem.
In the 1980s, scientists around the world struggled to share information.
Tim Berners-Lee, a software engineer at CERN, saw the chaos firsthand.
Data was siloed.
Collaboration was slow.
Progress was being strangled.