Guilia Tofana: over 600 known victims spanning 50 years
She was a cosmetologist at first, quite successfully. But as she lent her ear to the women of Renaissance Italy she found another market to be cornered. Whether she herself concocted the poison, or her mother before her is unknown, Giulia sold it under the label "Manna of St. Nicholas of Bari" but it's true name was aqua tofana. The bottle was designed to blend in with all the other make up found on a woman's vanity. It was odorless, tasteless, colorless, slow acting and effective with as little as three small doses. Her recipe has been lost in the sands of time, but it is thought to have contained belladonna, arsenic, and lead. It is said that she recruited crooked clergy, fortune tellers, and other rabble, operating a poison network that spanned Sicily, Naples, and Rome.She was captured and tortured for information, but no one knows what became of her. There are no records of her execution nor her release, but legend says she and her helpers were executed in 1659. Other legends say she died of natural causes, or lived out her days in a convent, continuing to dispense her poison via nuns and clergy. Many skeptics do not belief any such person or poison existed, because to this day, no one has managed to replicate it, or locate her remains.
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Songs of Rowena (A Ravenclaw Playlist)
And lastly, here is the fourth playlist of the Hogwarts houses playlists! I hope you enjoy this Ravenclaw inspired playlist!
Take a listen here!
Songs Included Are:
~ Hymn by Kesha
~ La La Land by Demi Lovato
~ The Man by Taylor Swift
~ Motive by Ariana Grande, Doja Cat
~ Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Ligh Orchestra
~ Radioactive by Imagine Dragons
~ Secrets by OneRepublic
~ Shadows of the Night by Pat Benatar
~ Sorry Not Sorry by Demi Lovato
~ Umbrella by Rihanna, JAY-Z
~ Double Trouble by John Williams
~ Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
~ OK Not To Be OK by Marshmello, Demi Lovato
~ Once Upon a Dream by Lana Del Rey
~ Reflecting Light by Sam Phillips
~ Titanium by David Guetta, Sia
~ I'm Gonna Be by The Proclaimers
~ Odds Are by Barenaked Ladies
~ You Make My Dreams by Daryl Hall & John Oates
~ Drops of Jupiter by Train
~ Fireflies by Owl City
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Dark academia Ravenclaw
-dark blue nails, few of them looking like a night sky, full of stars
-wearing mostly black, brown and dark blue(but burgundy, beige and bottle green don’t hurt either)
-in summer or at home wearing t-shirts with constellations, quotes from books or with your favourite paintings
-having, and using often, stamp with Ravenclaw crest
-listening to Ravenclaw classical playlist (that do include Harry Potter soundtrack, because even if the films are shit, soundtrack is magical)
-playing chess with your dad, constantly trying to improve yourself
-having favourite study method that is probably blurting or Feynman technique
-loving to stargaze
-if you have an ipad or any other tablet that you take notes on - taking them in brown and blue
-writing with fountain pen that you got from family member
-studying anything you want, not listening to the ones who says that dark academia is only about literature (shortly - stem dark academia!!!)
-always having a book with you, constantly reading (anything - fanfiction also count), eventually daydreaming about the book/fanfiction you are writing
-studying smart not hard and getting the best grades
-being known by your teachers because of your passion for studying and being a perfect student
-knowing that if you want to study efficiently you have to sleep during night so every evening you are going to bed, even if you love sitting at night - it’s for greater good
-loving when it’s cloudy - especially when it rains or there is a thunderstorm
-learning 3+ languages at the same time
-hating using slang - it hurts both your ears and throat
-always dressed either as hogwart student - with a blue(perfectly ravenclaw) tie, white collar shirt and a black sweater on that or the most elegant person in the whole building (you can never be overdressed)
-drinking either the enormous amount of tea - from your favourite vintage cups - or coffee - from your favourite mug(but it’s never a normal one - normal ones are for boring people)
-if you have and can afford - playing Hogwarts Legacy of course
-always smarter than the rest of your friends, dreaming about having a group of dark academic friend with who you could study together
-if you like stem - wearing stem jewellery for example with chemistry compounds
-books everywhere
-having hundreds unread books but you don’t have time to read because you prioritize studying - always
-your friends and family constantly reminding you about taking breaks, but “you do not have time for breaks, you need to study“
-planning how you want to decorate your room so it will look like ravenclaw common room in dark academia aesthetic
-doing some sport because you know it’s important for your health
-eating healthy too, because you know it’s important
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