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SURVEILLANCECambridge AnalyticaCambridge Analytica scraped Facebook quiz data and sold psychographic targeting into election campaigns.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSSutton Hoo: Ship Burial, Treasure Law, and the 1939 DigIn 1939 a jury ruled Sutton Hoo a funeral, not treasure trove. Pretty owned it and gave it away.
HISTORICAL EVENTSBarry Jennings, Michael Hess, and the WTC 7 Explosion-Testimony ClusterTwo city officials described explosions inside WTC 7. NIST calls debris and fire. Both doors stay open.
FINANCE & BANKINGCum-Ex Dividend Tax FraudBundestag, Bonn/BGH, and ESMA: multiple reclaim of tax never paid—organized fraud, not a quirky trade.
FINANCE & BANKINGBre-X Minerals Busang FraudBusang sold as world-class gold. Freeport's 8-K carried Strathcona salting. OSC charged Felderhof—and lost.
ALT HISTORYGate of the Sun at Tiwanaku: Monumental Archaeology Beyond the Calendar StonesTiwanaku Gate of the Sun: UNESCO/AFCP monument file—not the calendar-stones sibling.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSSevso Treasure: Provenance Fights Without a Proven FindspotSevso Treasure: provenance litigation without a proven findspot—documented claims, not dealer folklore.
The Hobbits of Flores IslandThe Liang Bua bones were called a modern human with microcephaly, against the species claim.
ESPIONAGEThe Zircon Affair: GCHQ's Secret Satellite vs ParliamentBBC killed a Zircon spy-satellite film. Injunctions and Official Secrets raids followed. Parliament fought the gag.
FINANCE & BANKINGLuckin Coffee FraudLuckin booked fabricated related-party sales to sell hypergrowth after listing; admission+SEC core; rest contested.
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDThe Manises Incident (11 November 1979)On 11 November 1979 a commercial flight diverted to Manises; the official file and witness claims still disagree.
HISTORICAL EVENTSWindscale Fire (10 October 1957)White Paper in weeks; full Penney Report sealed until TNA opened AB 86/25 in January 1988.
HISTORICAL EVENTSAgent OrangeOrange-striped drums marked the herbicide mix whose dioxin still drives Vietnam and VA health fights.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRYHealthSouth Accounting FraudHealthSouth’s books were fiction—CFO pleas and SEC paper say so. Scrushy’s criminal acquittal did not erase the fraud.
AVIATIONConstant Peg: Secret MiGs at TonopahRed Eagles flew real MiGs at Tonopah 1977–1988—USAF declass renamed the desert folklore vacuum.
PRISMPRISM turned a paranoia meme into a named NSA program after Snowden's slides hit daylight.
HISTORICAL EVENTSIran Air 655 and the USS Vincennes (3 July 1988)Vincennes destroyed Iran Air 655—290 dead. Fogarty investigated; ICJ settled. Shootdown is fact; intent stays edged.
DEATHS AND DISAPPEARANCESDisappearance of Harold HoltDid Australian PM Harold Holt drown off Cheviot Beach in 1967, or do the spy and submarine stories hold up?
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRYOlympus Tobashi Accounting ScandalOlympus hid 100B+ yen securities losses for years via tobashi parking to look solvent—2011 doors named it.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRYPurdue Pharma and OxyContinPurdue minimized OxyContin addiction risk while the opioid death curve climbed. Settlements came later.