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FINANCE & BANKINGBre-X Minerals Busang FraudBusang sold as world-class gold. Freeport's 8-K carried Strathcona salting. OSC charged Felderhof—and lost.
HISTORICAL EVENTSThe Pentagon PapersEllsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers and showed successive administrations had lied about Vietnam for years.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSPergamon Altar: Berlin Custody vs Turkish ClaimsPergamon Altar: Berlin custody versus Turkish claims—documented dual-track heritage dispute.
FINANCE & BANKINGBretton Woods Exit and the Nixon ShockCamp David closed the gold window on purpose—FRUS shows managed exit, not accidental panic.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe Pike CommitteePike pushed CIA budget oversight harder than Church; House blocked the report—leak and Ford files kept it alive.
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDD.B. Cooper SkyjackingA man calling himself Dan Cooper jumped with ransom money in 1971. The FBI never identified him to charging standard.
HISTORICAL EVENTSʿAin Ghazal Plaster Statues: Neolithic Figures from JordanʿAin Ghazal PPNB plaster statues—Smithsonian/Jordan doors; documented Neolithic figures, not giants.
FINANCE & BANKINGTyco International / Dennis KozlowskiSEC civil fraud plus New York grand-larceny convictions—affirmed on appeal, then SEC bars. Lifestyle memes ≠ verdict.
ESPIONAGEOperation Midnight ClimaxClippings name Operation Midnight Climax; the 1977 hearing prints the safe-house file, and Turner calls it past.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSKoh Ker / Cambodian Statue Repatriations from U.S. MuseumsKoh Ker ICE/SDNY/Met repatriations—documented provenance care, not blanket “all Khmer art stolen” smear.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSKhufu’s Boat Pits at Giza (Documented Finds, Not ScanPyramids)1954 solar bark pits at Giza are documented finds—not ScanPyramids voids.
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.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSCOINTELPROFrom 1956 to 1971 COINTELPRO used forged mail and smears to break domestic groups the FBI disliked.
SCIENCE & SPACERetrocausality in Quantum MechanicsLab retrocausality claims say a present choice can rewrite a past measurement. Physicists still split.
HEALTH & MEDICINEMinamata DiseaseMinamata’s chemistry was clear years before Tokyo’s 1968 consensus—and courts later shared liability with the state.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSStonehenge Bluestone Quarries in the Preseli HillsParker Pearson's team traced Stonehenge bluestones to Preseli quarries at Carn Goedog and Craig Rhos-y-felin.
HEALTH & MEDICINEEdgewood Arsenal Human ExperimentsFor decades Edgewood Arsenal dosed soldiers with chemicals and drugs. GAO later admitted the scale.
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDChaco Canyon Roads and Archaeoastronomy DebatesChaco roads documented NPS engineering; archaeoastronomy overclaims stay contested at L1—not alien surveyors.
ESPIONAGERadio Free Europe PsyopsRadio Free Europe went live on 4 July 1950 under a private cover while CIA money kept the transmitters hot.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRYEvent 201: The October 2019 Pandemic TabletopEvent 201 was a real Oct 2019 coronavirus tabletop. “They planned COVID” stays a reading.