Fascinating Facts And Theories About The Illuminati

Over the past few years you have probably heard the Illuminati mentioned in relation to pop culture. The name of this Enlightenment era secret-society pops up as a punch-line these days while speculating whether or not a celebrity’s success and/or influence is due to their involvement in the group. Well-known faces such as Angelina Jolie, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kanye West, even former President Barack Obama have been accused of being part of the Illuminati, but what are these claims based on? And what exactly *is* the Illuminati anyway? Let’s take a look at eleven facts and theories you should know.

1. Where Does The Name Come From?

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Initiation Of An Illuminatus

The name of this secret-society, Illuminati, translates from Latin as meaning “the enlightened ones.”


2. What Are The Group’s Origins?

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The Illuminati are thought to have been formed in 1776 by a Bavarian man named Adam Weishaupt, a law professor at Ingolstadt University. The group started out small with only five or so other professors joining on, and the model for it was based on another secret-society, the Freemasons.


3. What Do They Believe In?

The basic structure of the Illuminati revolves around fighting against superstition, irrational over-exertion of power by government and religious organizations, and general prejudice. They also believed strongly in gender equality.


4. There Are Many Conspiracy Theories Surrounding Them

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Almost every major catastrophe has, in some way or another, been blamed on the Illuminati. Anything from the JFK assassination to the September 11th attacks are thought to have been caused by their influence but, obviously, there are no facts to back this up at all.


5. It’s Thought To Be A Group Saturated With Celebrities

In recent years hundreds of big name celebs have been thought to be involved with the Illuminati. The more successful they are, the more conspiracy theorists feel as though their claims are valid. There’s very little, if anything at all, to substantiate these claims, but they make for interesting web posts.

6. Illuminati Are Thought To Hold Top Level Positions

Members of the Illuminati are thought to hold top level positions in the US government, as well as the Vatican, NATO, and major media outlets. Again, the evidence here is sparse.


7. Symbols And Meanings

A symbol often associated with the Illuminati is the “all seeing eye,” which is also found on American money, but pyramids are actually more directly a Freemason symbol.


8. Unusual Theories About Their Headquarters

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There’s a popular, and comical, theory circulating online that the headquarters for the Illuminati are located beneath the Denver airport.


9. The Three Tiers Of The Illuminati

The Illuminati are thought to be divided into three tiers of classes: The Nursery, The Masonic Grades, and The Mysteries.





10. The Illuminati Bible

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The Illuminati have many different source texts but one that stands out is called Illuminati Bible: Hidden Wisdom of Alpha & Omega.


11. They Have An Official Website

The best way to learn the true facts of the Illuminati is to get them directly from the source.

Facts About Israel That Will Surprise You

1. There are over 100 sushi restaurants in Tel Aviv...

2. ...making it the city with the most sushi restaurants per capita after Tokyo and NYC.

3. Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship in the world.

4. It has the highest rate of entrepreneurship among women and people over 55 in the world.

5. Israel was the first country to ban underweight models.

6. Israeli banknotes have braille markings on them.

7. Israel won the Eurovision song competition three times.

8. The last time they won, they were represented by a transgender pop star, Dana International. The only other time that's happened is this year's winner, Conchita Wurst, from Austria.

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9. Israelis consume the third most amount of vegetables and sweets in the world.

10. When Golda Meir became prime minister of Israel in 1969, she was only the third woman elected to lead a country in the modern world.

11. The largest known dog cemetery in the ancient world was discovered in the coastal city of Ashkelon.

12. There's a rollerblading party that happens every Tuesday night in Tel Aviv.

13. Out Magazine names Israel the gay capital of the Middle East.

14. The country has the most Bauhaus buildings in the world.

15. Israel has 137 official beaches (but only 273 km of coastline).




16. In regards to its population, Israel has the highest ratio of college degrees.

17. The same goes for the ratio of its museums...

18. …and startup companies!

19. Motorola developed the cell phone in Israel.

20. Voicemail technology was developed in Israel.

21. The first antivirus software for computers was created in Israel in 1979.

22. Israel has two official languages: Hebrew and Arabic.

23. Israel published more books translated from other languages than any other nation in the world.

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24. The city of Beersheba has the highest number of chess grandmasters per capita in the world.

25. Only two countries began the 21st century with a net gain in their number of trees; Israel was one of them.

26. The opening scene of the Al Pacino film The Insider was shot in Israel.

27. Haifa, Israel has one of the smallest subway systems in the world with a 1.8-km track and only four carriages — how cute!

28. Israel is one of only three democracies in the world without a codified constitution. The other two are New Zealand and Britain.

29. The Sea of Galilee — located .212 km below sea level — is the lowest freshwater lake in the world (and the largest in Israel).

30. The Dead Sea is the lowest place on Earth. Period.

31. People can easily float in the Dead Sea due to its unusually high salt concentration. It's almost impossible to dive into it.

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32. Israel is the only country to revive an unspoken language and establish it as its national tongue.

33. Jerusalem's Mount of Olives is the world's oldest continuously used cemetery.

34. El Al, Israel's national airline, set the world record for the most passengers on a commercial flight.

35. The world's largest pepper was grown in Israel's Moshav Ein Yahav, as recorded by The Guinness Book of World Records in 2013.

36. Life expectancy at birth in Israel is at 82 years (two years more than the OECD average).

37. Eilat and the Hula Valley Reserve are some of the best bird-watching sites in the world

38. Israel's national bird is the hoopoe.

39. Heart tissue regeneration is possible in the U.S. thanks to Israeli stem-cell technology.

40. A cooking oil developed in Israel is capable of breaking up cholesterol and other blood fats.

41. An Israeli company has developed the world's first jellyfish repellent.

42. Israel is one of only nine countries in the world that can launch its own satellites into space.

43. AOL Instant Messaging was designed by an Israeli software company.

44. Yityish Aynaw became Israel's first Ethiopian Miss Israel in 2013.

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45. Israeli scientists have discovered the cause of chronic bad breath and an easy way to fix it!

46. More than 44% of all lawyers registered in Israel are women.

47. Israel chose its first woman president of the Supreme Court, Dorit Beinisch, who served from 2006-2012.

48. Israel has the world's second highest per capita of new books.

49. A group of Israeli artists have started bus stop libraries that are available free of charge to commuters traveling across Israel.

50. Israel's national flower is the Cyclamen persicum.

51. Last Valentine's Day, 60 million Israeli flowers were sent to Europe for sale.

Hii ndiyo nchi ambayo raia hawalipi kodi ...

Hii ndiyo nchi ambayo raia hawalipi kodi na wanapata elimu bure

1. Brunei ukipenda iite ‘Darusalaam’ ama nyumba ya amani ni nchi ambayo raia wake hawalipi kodi yoyote (All citizens in Brunei, including expats, do not have to pay for taxes, for it is absolutely free.), Hata maisha ya wananchi wake ni mazuri na mshahara wa chini kabisa ni dola 25 kwa saa (Tshs 50,000) huku ukosefu wa ajira ukiwa ni wastani wa 5% tu. Serikali inalipa gharama zote muhimu, mpaka chakula kinalipiwa ruzuku. ukifanya kazi kule hakuna income tax (There is no personal income tax or capital gains tax). Sultani anasimamia vizuri sana export ya mafuta na gesi na wanachi wanakula bata watakavyo.

GDP ya Brunei imepanda hadi 56% kuwa nchi ya tano duniani (16.11 billion USD in 2013) na IMF wanasema nchi hiyo haidaiwi HATA MIA….

2. Mohammad Hassan Bolkiah ndiye Raisi tajiri kuliko maraisi wote duniani, Maarufu kwa utumiaji wa dhahabu kwa kila kitu, hali ila na vijiko vya dhahabu, na nguo anazo vaa zimepambwa kwa dhahabu na fedha. Huyu anamiliki Jumla ya MAGARI 5000 YA KIFAHARI.
Sultan huyu anamiliki pia ndege aina ya Boing 747 thamani yake ikiwa ni dola milion 100 ambamo pia nakshi pekee ni dola milioni 120 humo utakuta vyoo na vyumba vya dhahabu, pia anamiliki ndege ndogo sita na helicopta moja. Arusi ya mtoto wa Sultan wa Brunei ilifanyika kwa muda wa siku 14 kwa gharama ya 5 milion dolla huku watu wote walioalikwa wakila na kunywa na kusaza, na kuhudhuriwa na zaidi ya maraisi 25.

3. Elimu ni Bure kabisa na watoto chini ya miaka 12 HUTIBIWA BURE huku watu wazima wakilipia dola 1 tu kwa Matibabu. Kadhalika ukioa tu unapewa na gari. Ni nchi mojawapo ambayo ina uwiano mkubwa wa watu na magari (1:209)-Ikiwa hakuna tiba ya ugonjwa wako Brunei unapelekwa nje ya nchi hasa Malaysia na Singapore kwa gharama za serikali

4. Pombe imepigwa marufuku kabisa kisiwani Brunei ingawa wageni wanaweza kuagiza kiwango chenye ukomo na Hakuna NOA/NGURUWE hata mmoja nchi nzima………………..

5. Ukiwa Brunei marufuku kupoint kutumia kidole cha shahada kuonesha kitu. Kidole gumba tu hutumika kupoint kitu na ni Lazima kuvua viatu unapoingia nyumba yeyote ndani ya Brunei

6. Hii inatumia mfumo wa SHARIA ambapo ‘Wezi hukatwa mikono na wazinifu kupigwa mawe’. Mwaka 2014 ilipitisha sheria ya kupigwa kwa mawe hadi kufa yeyote atakayebainika anafanya USHOGA (Homosexual) lakini kwa uthibitisho wa mashahidi WANNE…..Unaweza kusherehekea Noeli (X-mass) lakini si kwa kuweka mapambo yake kama vilemti wa Xmass nk……….

7. Ingawa Kisiwa cha Brunei Kina BUNGE lakini nchi hiyo HAINA UCHAGUZI……Uchaguzi wa mwisho ulifanyika mwaka 1962, kuna chombo kimoja tu cha habari kinachomilikiwa na Serikali…ni aghalabu sana kwa media kuipinga serikali

8. 93% ya watu wote wameenda shule kwa kiwango cha chuo kikuu

Mambo 21 aliyoyafanya Nyerere kwa watanzania ...

Mambo 21 aliyoyafanya Nyerere kwa watanzania kwa miaka 24 bila kutegemea msaada

Kwa uchache tu awamu ya kwanza serikali ya taifa letu iliyodumu kwa miaka 24 toka 1961 hadi 1985 iliasisi na kuyajenga yafuatayo ambayo leo hii toka 1985 mpaka 2016 baadhi yamekufa ama yanayumba.

Awamu ya kwanza ya viongozi makini iliasisi na ilijenga yafuatayo

1. Taifa maskini lenye kujiamini. Taifa lililoamini katika kujitegemea bila kuhitaji misaada toka nje.

2. Kilimo kama uti wa mgongo wa maisha ya mtanzania katika kujiletea kipato. Kama taifa, nchi iliishi kwa kutegemea kipato cha mazao ya biashara (kahawa, pamba, pareto, korosho, mkonge, chai, alizeti, kokoa, tumbaku, mawese, karafuu n.k. Tanzania ilijulikana katika masoko ya dunia kwa uzalishaji na usafirishaji wa mazao tajwa hapo juu na uchumi uliendeshwa kwa kilimo.

3. Mazao ya chakula yalizalishwa pia na yalijengewa uwezo wa kipembejeo kuwasaidia wakulima. Serikali iliamua kwa makusudi kuimarisha uzalishaji wa kikanda ulioleta tija. Mfano ni big 4 kanda ya kusini iliyokuwa ikizalisha mahindi kwa wingi na kulisha nchi nzima. Mikoa ya Rukwa Ruvuma Mbeya Iringa.

4. Viwanda vilijengwa ili viweze kuimarisha uchumi kwa kupata malighafi toka kwa mkulima na kuzitengeneza mali kabla ya kuuza soko la ndani na nje ya nchi. Viwanda hivyo ni pamoja na vya kusafisha pamba (mwanza na shinyanga) na kutengeza nguo (mwanza, musoma, dar es salaam). kubangua korosho (mtwara, lindi, dar es salaam, kibaha). Viwanda vya kutengeza bidhaa za viwandani (mang`ula, moshi). Viwanda vya kahawa moshi na bukoba. Viwanda vya cement tanga, dar es salaam na mbeya. Viwanda vy mbolea tanga na mbeya. Viwanda vya vyombo vya ndani na magunia morogoro. Viwanda vya tumbaku morogoro na tabora. kiwanda cha chuma tanga. Viwanda vya sabuni tanga Arusha Dar na Mwanza. Kiwanda matairi Arusha. Kiwanda cha sigara Dar. Kiwanda cha pombe Dar es salaam, Arusha na mwanza. Kiwanda cha mkonge Tanga. Kiwanda cha kukata almasi Iringa. Kiwanda cha karatasi na mbao iringa.

5. Viwanja vya ndege vya kimataifa vilijengwa Dar na Kilimanjaro. Pia viwanja vidogo vya mikoani vilijengwa kwa usafiri wa ndege ndogo.

6. Shirika la ndege la Tanzania lilikuwepo na boeng 3 na ndege ndogo kama fokkers zilizosafirisha abiria nusu ya mikoa ya nchi yetu.

7. Meli za kusafirisha abiria zilikuwepo kwenye bahari ya hindi kutoka dar kwenda lindi, mtwara, zanzibar na pemba. Pia ziwa victoria, tanganyika na nyasa.

8. Treni za kusafirisha abiria na mizigo kutoka dar kwenda kigoma, mwanza, moshi na mpanda. Pia treni kutoka tanga kwenda moshi zilifanya kazi. Bila kusahau TAZARA iliyosafirisha abiria na mizigo toka Dar, ifakara, makambako, mbeya mpka Zambia.

9. Shirika la nyumba lilikuwepo na likajenga nyumba nchi nzima.

10. Benki ilikuwepo na ilifika makao makuu yote ya wilaya.

11. Shirika la simu na posta lilikuwepo na lilifika wilaya zote.

12. Shirika la umeme lilikuwepo na lilifika makao makuu yote ya mikoa kwa kutumia genereta na gridi ya taifa. Ikiwemo kujengwa kwake kwa mabwawa ya Kuzalisha umeme mnayoyaona leo yale ya kidatu, nyumba ya mungu, hale pangani na mtera.

13. Majeshi yote kuyaendeleza na kuyajenga upya ndani ya nchi yetu na kuweka msingi wa nidhamu uliodumu leo bila kuwepo mapinduzi ya serikali.

14. Vyuo vya elimu ya juu kuasisiwa na kuendelezwa isipokuwa Dodoma University.

15. Hospitali kuu ya nchi na za mikoa, wilaya na vituo vya afya vijijini kuasisiwa na kuendelezwa. Huduma ya afya kutolewa bure nchi nzima.

16. Muungano wa Tanzania

17. Kuwaunganisha watanzania kwa lugha moja ya kiswahili.

18. Kutaifisha, kusimamia, kuziendeleza na kujenga shule za sekondari na msingi nchi nzima ili kuleta uwiano kwa watoto wa dini na kabila tofauti ndani ya nchi yetu. Si hivyo tu bali elimu ilikuwa bure kwa wote.

19. Kushauri nchi iwe na mfumo wa vyama vingi na wa uchumi huria kwa manufaa ya watanzania wote.

20. Hifadhi za taifa na mapori tengefu yalisimamiwa na kulindwa bila kuwepo kwa utalii wala ujangiri unaangamiza tembo wetu.

21. Madini hayakuchimbwa kama ilivyo sasa na alishauri yaachwe yachimbwe tukiwa na uwezo. Isipokuwa Almasi, chuma na makaa ya mawe ambayo yalichangia katika uchumi wa nchi.

WAPI TUNAELEKEA? Swali hili linakuja wakati ambapo taifa limeanza kuvuna raslimali nyingi zikiwemo madini kama vile dhahabu, tanzanites, gas, oil na urani. Si hivyo tu pia uwindaji wa wanyama pori, utalii na uwekezaji kutoka nje umepanuka na kuwa mkubwa bila ya mapato yake kuonyesha kuwajengea uwezo watu walio wengi kupata unafuu wa huduma muhimu kama elimu na afya.

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Get the Real Truth – Reason Behind the Sinking of Titanic

On 12th of April 1912, the world saw what could easily be considered as its most deadly civilian maritime disaster – the sinking of the great Ship Titanic. Since then the question that baffled many scientists has been that how did the Titanic sink? Almost immediately after the sinking, the investigations into the matter began and in fact two separate inquiries had been set up one by the United States senate and the other by the British Board of Trade. The U.S inquiry was headed by Senator William Alden Smith and the British one by Lord Mersey. The results of the investigations revealed that many of the safety measures and regulations of the international maritime were outdated and required a second look. The ship itself was found short on few of the standards.

Though it has been mentioned in almost all the journals of the time and indeed later as well that Titanic was considered unsinkable, but at the time of its launch this wasn’t said by any of the owners or manufacturers. It was picked by the press on the 16th of April when the vice president of White Star Line, owners of Titanic, Phillip A.S. Franklin reacted by saying that he thought the ship was unsinkable and was very shocked as to how did the Titanic sink. The surviving passengers and the very crew who managed to escape from the clutches of death gave their versions of the tragedy and the investigations were concluded quickly, though the initial questioning and detail gathering took more than a few months.

The Truth

The fact is that on the fateful night of April 14th 1912, at around 11.40 PM Titanic hit an iceberg and began to sink. Over the course of the next few hours, the people witnessed the biggest catastrophe to hit the world and at 2.20 AM on the morning of the 15th, the biggest ship that the world had seen settled to the bottom of the North Atlantic. The sea, the sinking of the ship and the cold weather were enough to take the lives of 1517 passengers. Just 706 passengers survived the ordeal to tell the horrific and sad tale to the world. How did the Titanic sink in spite of having the best technological design available at the time seemed a mystery until it was solved.

Though the ship was built with the best of technological advancement at hand, there were a few chinks in it as well. The steel sheet that was used to make the body was made up of a certain kind of steel that became extra brittle in the cold and easily cracked at the slightest of the contact, in its case – icebergs and this is exactly the answer to how did the Titanic sink. The tragedy has remained one of the most intriguing aspects of the history of the world. Many writers have written about it, many researchers have worked on it and many films have also been made on it as to how did the Titanic sink.

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