Historical
The Most Mysterious Star in the Universe: What is KIC 8462852?
It’s a story straight out of science fiction, but it’s completely real. In 2015, the Kepler telescope stumbled upon something baffling on a potentially habitable star named KIC 8462852. This star, which sits just above the Milky Way between the constellations Cygnus and Lyra, is also known as Tabby’s Star after its discoverer, Yale University’s Tabetha Boyajian.
By Areeba Umair28 days ago in FYI
The Persistent Clues: Did a Great Flood Really Happen?
The story of a devastating global flood, so great it wiped out all life except for a select few, is most famously told in the Book of Genesis. While many today treat the “Great Flood” as a simple myth, the evidence scattered across history and geology drops some pretty compelling hints that this worldwide disaster might have actually occurred.
By Areeba Umair28 days ago in FYI
Clues to Civilisations Older Than We Think
We’re often taught that the story of modern humans only goes back about 200,000 years, with the oldest known civilisations, like those in Egypt, Rome, or China, peaking around 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. But what if that timeline is way off? What if incredibly advanced societies thrived long before that? Our history books might be blank on this, yet there are fascinating clues suggesting advanced prehistoric civilisations could have existed even millions of years ago.
By Areeba Umair28 days ago in FYI
The Most Unknown Legendary Football Players You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Football remembers goals. It remembers trophies. It remembers headlines. But it often forgets the players who changed matches, shaped generations, and disappeared quietly — not because they weren’t great, but because history is selective.
By Ahmed Ghanem29 days ago in FYI
King Tut’s Out-of-This-World Blade
Researchers love digging up old bodies and taking away everything they’re buried with in the name of science. So, back in the 1920s, when scientists discovered the cursed tomb of King Tutankhamun (and yes, it’s cursed, but we’ll get to that later), they naturally hauled off all his priceless treasures.
By Areeba Umair30 days ago in FYI
Has Time Travel Already Happened?
When we think about time travel, our minds often jump to sci-fi movies or the hypothetical ‘butterfly effect’, the idea of what we might change in history if we could. But let’s pause for a moment and consider a more intriguing question: Is time travel currently possible, and have people already done it without realizing?
By Areeba Umair30 days ago in FYI
Living Without a Heart
It’s a pretty intense thought: how long can you actually live without your heart beating? Most doctors will tell you that after about three to four minutes without a heartbeat, meaning no blood circulation and no oxygen supply, your brain cells start to die.
By Areeba Umair30 days ago in FYI
What Google Earth Isn’t Showing You
Google Earth is an incredible tool, letting us virtually wander almost anywhere on the globe right from our living rooms. But as comprehensive as it seems, there are some places the service keeps hidden from us, whether by blurring, editing, or completely blacking them out.
By Areeba Umair30 days ago in FYI
What Your Signature Reveals About You
The name “John Hancock” has become a synonym for “signature” in the United States. When people say, “Sign your John Hancock,” they are referring to John Hancock's signature on the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.
By Margaret Minnicks30 days ago in FYI
License Plates Aren’t Random
When I was a kid, my cousin Marsha worked at the DMV in a town of 2,500 people. She said the plate often told her what area of town someone lived in. I forgot about that until someone else mentioned it the other day, so I dug in.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin | Ink Profilerabout a month ago in FYI
8 Basic Earth Mysteries We Still Can’t Solve
It feels like every day there’s a new headline about a distant star, a spacecraft mission, or maybe even finding another planet we could potentially live on. We’re constantly looking out into the vastness of space for the next great discovery.
By Areeba Umairabout a month ago in FYI
