Some people collect stamps. I collect the things the powerful don’t want you to know. Like how the tooth fairy, apparently, is from Belgium. Sounds absurd. But when you follow that thread, you find a story so dark it’ll make you question everything you thought you knew about history. And about the people who write it. Let’s talk about Patrice Lumumba. You might’ve heard the name. You need to know the rest.
Connect the Dots
The Tooth Fairy Isn’t the Real Conspiracy
Yeah, I saw that too—TIL the tooth fairy is Belgian. At first, I laughed. Then I remembered: Belgium. The country that turned the Congo into a personal slave camp for King Leopold II. The same country that, decades later, helped murder a man fighting for his people’s freedom. The same country where men kept gold teeth as trophies. Coincidence? Or a twisted joke from a nation that never met a horror it didn’t like?No Apology, Just “National Security”
The CIA. Dwight Eisenhower. Belgium. None of them ever said sorry for what they did to Lumumba. Why would they? When you operate under the banner of “national security,” you’re never wrong. You can order murders, stage coups, and turn nations into hellscapes—and still sleep like a baby. Because in their world, the ends always justify the means. And the ends are always more power, more control, more profit.Execution? No. Murder.
They didn’t execute Lumumba. Executions follow rules. This was different. This was men under a Belgian officer’s command—men paid by Belgium, trained by Belgium—killing a leader because he dared to want independence. No court. No trial. Just a bullet and a dump in the forest. They called it “extra-legal.” I call it what it was: cold-blooded murder. And the worst part? They knew exactly what they were doing.
- The Trophy Teeth
Gerard Soete. One of the men who helped dispose of Lumumba’s body. In 1999, on Belgian TV, he pulled out a bullet and two teeth—one gold-capped. Trophies. He kept them for decades. It took until 2016 for Belgian authorities to seize them, and another six years after that to finally return the tooth to Lumumba’s family. Over 60 years. They tried to erase him. And he became a symbol anyway.
Lumumba’s Fate Was Never a Secret
Belgium didn’t just turn a blind eye. They spent money, time, and effort making sure Lumumba would fall. They knew Mobutu and his crew would kill him. They just wanted to make sure it happened before JFK took office—before anyone could stop it. Because Lumumba wasn’t just a threat to Belgium. He was a threat to the whole colonial order. A threat to the idea that some people are meant to be ruled, not free.The Hot Chocolate No One Should Forget
You think that’s the worst of it? There are Christmas markets in Germany today. Stands selling a drink called “Lumumba.” Hot chocolate with a shot of alcohol. Because he was black. And he was shot. They turned his murder into a festive treat. And people buy it. Because history is easy to forget when it comes in a warm drink. But the joke? It’s on them. Because the truth doesn’t stay buried forever.The Slow Train to Justice
An ex-Belgian diplomat is finally going to trial for Lumumba’s murder. After 15 years of waiting. The man is 94. Will it matter? Maybe. Maybe not. But the fact that it took so long says everything. Justice, when it comes at all, is a mockery. The same system that ordered the crime is the one “delivering” justice. Doesn’t that feel like a punch to the gut?
The Question Isn’t Whether, But When
The real question isn’t whether these horrors happened. It’s whether we’ll ever truly hold the people behind them accountable. Or if we’ll keep letting them rewrite history, keep letting them profit from the blood of others. The Congo is still suffering. The world is still built on stolen wealth and silenced voices. And until we face that, nothing will change. Until we demand more than just half-measures and late apologies, the cycle won’t break. The truth is out there. The question is: what will you do with it?