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A desperate monk facing death supposedly traded his soul to the Devil to finish writing a massive book in a single night.

This giant 74.8 kg (164.9 lb) manuscript is known as the Codex Gigas and the Devil's Bible due to the dark myth surrounding its origin...🧵👇

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Doctors diagnosed her with a chromosome 6p deletion.

While others have similar genetic abnormalities, she is the only known person in the world to exhibit all three extreme symptoms simultaneously.

Her family closely monitors her diet and safety every single day.

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She was hit by a car, dragged 10 meters (32.8 feet) down the road, and simply stood up without a single tear.

Doctors watched in disbelief as she calmly walked away.

Meet Olivia Farnsworth, a UK girl whose rare biology defies human limits by blocking pain and sleep...🧵👇

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From infancy, she exhibited a complete lack of fatigue.

As a baby, she survived on just two hours of sleep per night.

She also never experiences hunger pangs.

She once ate only butter sandwiches for an entire year and now eats mainly to follow her school routine.

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She declared that royalty is a fine burial shroud, forcing him to fight.

Justinian sent a eunuch with gold to divide the rival factions.

As they split, imperial troops stormed the Hippodrome and slaughtered thirty thousand trapped fans to end the rebellion.

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What started as a simple chariot race in 532 AD ended in the most violent week the ancient world had ever seen.

The emperor was trapped and the greatest church in the city was reduced to ashes.

The trigger for this massive rebellion was surprisingly mundane...🧵👇

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The chaos escalated.

The rioters crowned a new emperor while half of Constantinople burned.

Trapped inside the palace, Justinian prepared to flee across the sea.

His wife Theodora intervened to stop his retreat.

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@gr33n_as_grass True. 🥲

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The absolute worst year in history was not during the Black Plague.

In 536 A.D., a sudden anomaly plunged the globe into eighteen months of freezing darkness, triggering massive famines and a deadly plague that nearly destroyed human civilization...🧵👇

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The most famous feature sits on Folio 290.

Alongside local monastery records and specific magic formulas, the book features a 50 cm (19.7 in) tall portrait of the Devil.

This full-page drawing fueled the myth that Satan himself helped create the document.

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A desperate monk facing death supposedly traded his soul to the Devil to finish writing a massive book in a single night.

This giant 74.8 kg (164.9 lb) manuscript is known as the Codex Gigas and the Devil's Bible due to the dark myth surrounding its origin...🧵👇

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Inside its heavy wooden boards, the text acts as a massive library of medieval knowledge.

It holds a complete Latin Bible alongside medical treatises and historical chronicles.

The complex calligraphy remains perfectly uniform from the very first page to the last.

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@gr33n_as_grass I honestly don't know what to believe in that regard.

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@gr33n_as_grass They almost got it 😄

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The Ninety Mile Beach in New Zealand is actually 55 miles long.

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During the ride, Máel Brigte's prominent bucktooth pierced Sigurd's skin and left a deep scratch.

The minor wound rapidly became a severe infection.

The Viking Earl died shortly after, ultimately killed by the dead man he had betrayed.

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A treacherous Viking warlord won the battle but lost his life to a severed head.

In the 9th century, a Scottish conflict ended with a bizarre twist.

An agreement to settle a bitter feud turned into an ambush, delivering a fatal bite from beyond the grave...🧵👇

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After the massacre, Sigurd claimed a gruesome trophy.

He decapitated his defeated rival and strapped Máel Brigte's head to his own saddle.

As the victorious Norsemen rode away, the severed head bounced violently against the treacherous Viking leader's leg.