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Pingcognito is a research system that tracks the people in Xanadu, the oldest blockchain in the world. It was discovered by Marie-Lynn, an OSINT and Information Security Researcher from Montreal.

This website tracks over 20,000 performers who move along our narrative. The information shared on this website is not secret. It is simply never promoted to the general public. It’s part of the Great Easter Eggs Hunt of History.

Doppelgängers (3) | Birthdays (3) | Events (1) | Passed (2)

January 29, 2026

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Unscripted brief from NotebookLM by Google

The most arduous campaign.
- Oliver Otis Howard


3 Doppelgängers Today

I track 9,188 doppelgängers out of 21,283 people in my custom software, specializing in look alikes who were born in the same week in history. Public figures are always born within a few days of another public figure who looks just like them. Our storyline requires two people to provide visual redundancy for each role. Are you curious why?

Born within 2 days in 1923


Born on January 31, 1923
(1923 - 2007)

Norman Mailer

, known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, American novelist, journalist, playwright, filmmaker and actor

Born on January 29, 1923
(1923 - 1981)

Paddy Chayefsky

Only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for writing both Adapted and Original screenplays.

Born within 1 day in 1841


Born on January 28, 1841
(1841 - 1904)

Henry Morton Stanley

Welsh-American explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of Central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone

Born on January 29, 1841

Charles M. Stedman

Politician and lawyer from North Carolina. He served ten terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1930 and was the last veteran of either side of the Civil War to hold a seat in Congress

Born within 3 days in 1874


Born on February 01, 1874
(1874 - 1929)

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.

Born on January 29, 1874
(1874 - 1960)

John D. Rockefeller Jr.

American financier and philanthropist

3 Birthdays Today

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William McKinley   (1843 — 1901)

25th President of The United States

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Brian Trubshaw   (1924 — 2001)

British Pilot of Concorde 002

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Oprah Winfrey   born on January 29, 1954.

American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor

1 Events
On This Day

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Lizard People Article

It happened on January 29, 1934

This article, titled “Lizard People’s Catacomb City Hunted”, was published in the Los Angeles Times on January 29, 1934, and written by Jean Bosquet. It is one of the earliest known mainstream media references to the now-legendary idea of “Lizar


Featuring: G. Warren Shufelt, Jean Bosquet.

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2 People Who
Passed On This Day

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Alan Ladd   (1913 — 1964)

American actor and film and television producer

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King George III   (1738 — 1820)

King of Great Britain (and then The United Kingdom) and Ireland

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