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**Title:** The Dark Side of Famous Figures
**Summary:**
This article/podcast episode reveals lesser-known, controversial aspects of four iconic historical figures:
1. **Mahatma Gandhi**: Had a complex relationship with sex, potentially being a sex addict, and later practiced chastity through unorthodox methods.
2. **Abraham Lincoln**: Held racist views, believing black people were inferior to whites, and proposed sending freed slaves back to Africa.
3. **Nicola Tesla**: Supported Eugenics, advocating for the selective breeding of humans to improve future generations, echoing ideals that led to horrific consequences in the 20th century.
4. **Mother Teresa** and **John Lennon**:
* **Mother Teresa**: May have prioritized converting people to Catholicism over alleviating suffering, finding value in the poor's endurance of pain.
* **John Lennon**: Acknowledged his own past as an abusive husband and distant father, contradicting his peaceful public image.
**Disclaimer:** The content presents various viewpoints, encouraging readers/listeners to analyze and draw their own conclusions about these historical figures' complex legacies.
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**Mahatma Gandhi**
1. Mahatma Gandhi married at age 13 to a 14-year-old in 1883.
2. Gandhi had a normal sex life with his wife in his family home until he was in his 30s.
3. After his father's death, Gandhi began to view sex differently and eventually took a vow of chastity in his 30s.
4. Gandhi practiced "Brahmacharya", a form of celibacy, which included bathing and sleeping with women without sexual contact.
5. After his wife's death, Gandhi slept with other women, including the sister of his secretary, as part of his celibacy practice.
**Abraham Lincoln**
6. Abraham Lincoln owned two slaves.
7. Lincoln proposed ending slavery by sending black people back to Africa.
8. A school changed its name due to Lincoln's treatment of Native Americans.
9. Lincoln made public statements that, by today's standards, would be considered racist.
**Nikola Tesla**
10. Nikola Tesla was born in 1856 in Croatia and was a physical inventor and electrical engineer.
11. Tesla contributed to the design of the alternating current electricity system.
12. Tesla supported Eugenics, a movement that aimed to improve future generations through selective breeding.
13. In 1935, Tesla wrote in support of Eugenics, suggesting sterilization of "less desirable strains".
**Mother Teresa**
14. Mother Teresa's missions received large charitable donations.
15. Despite donations, her missions often had poor conditions, few doctors, little food, and mostly relied on painkillers.
16. Mother Teresa believed that suffering could bring people closer to God (quote from her conversation with Christopher Hitchens).
17. Mother Teresa received regular medical care in good hospitals when she was sick.
**John Lennon**
18. John Lennon abandoned his son.
19. Lennon physically abused his first wife, as acknowledged by himself in an interview.
20. Lennon's son with Yoko Ono made critical statements about his father in an interview with Rolling Stones.