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Beyond Basics 📘 Learning beyond the basics
🏛️ History beyond textbooks
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08/26/2026

You wouldn't survive 24 hours in medieval London. 🏰⚰️ Witch trials, the Black Death, and only 13 toilets for 80,000 people — this is what "time travel" would actually look like. Could YOU survive it? 👇

08/25/2026

In 1726, a woman convinced England's top doctors she was giving birth to rabbits 🐰😱 The truth behind the hoax is even more disturbing than the myth itself. What do you think pushed her to do it? 👇

08/25/2026

A medieval prince put prostitutes on the stand to defend his manhood in court 😱 The scandal split two kingdoms and helped bring Isabella & Ferdinand to power. Sorcery... or scandal? 👑🔮 What do you think really happened?

08/25/2026

A pope literally put a rotting co**se on trial. ⚰️👑 In 897 AD, Rome watched history's most insane trial unfold — then turned on the pope who staged it. Justice or madness? Tell us below. 👇


08/25/2026

A 'wolf' that survived musket balls and killed 100+ people. 🐺 For 3 years it terrorized 18th-century France — until its autopsy revealed something no wild animal should have. 😱 What do YOU think it really was? 👇

08/25/2026

He ruled France for 72 years... then rotted alive for 22 days while fully conscious. 😱👑 The horrifying true death of the Sun King, Louis XIV. What's the most shocking royal death you've heard of? 💀

08/25/2026

The Pope who bought his throne with silver, fathered nine children, and hosted a secret Vatican banquet no one dares mention 😱🏛️ It's all recorded in the Church's own archives. Could a pope this corrupt survive today? 👇

08/24/2026

🍕 Italy once called pizza "disgusting." Poverty, poison tomatoes, a queen's blessing, and a world war turned it into the planet's favorite food. 🌍 What's your go-to pizza order? 👇

08/24/2026

Medieval s*x laws were unbelievably strange 😱 Courts staged public "performance tests," doctors prescribed or***ms as medicine, and witches allegedly kept stolen body parts as pets. Which fact shocked you most? 👇🏰

08/24/2026

Napoleon conquered Europe — but he couldn't conquer what was growing inside him. 😱👑 His final days were more horrifying than any battlefield he ever fought on. Did you know the real story behind his death? 👇


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