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Seven Things Scientists Learned In 100 Years
Most of these would have had your great-grandparents saying it's impossible, but since about 100 years ago, scientists have made some interesting discoveries.
By Jason Mortona day ago in FYI
How Much Water Does AI Drink Every Time You Ask a Question?
Artificial intelligence feels almost weightless. You type a question, press enter, and within seconds an answer appears on your screen. There is no factory in front of you, no engine running in the background, and no obvious physical resource being consumed.
By AnthonyBTVa day ago in FYI
Let's Talk Women Pirates!
Above pictures is a book I am reading about a female pirate and her daughter. The daughter was raised completely differently than most women because of this. She was not raised to be submissive, but strong and powerful. She sees herself as weak because she is softer than her mother, but comes to realize that just is her own version of strong.
By Seashell Harpspring 8 days ago in FYI
Before Antibiotics, Surgeons Had One Rule: Let the Pus Out
This may sound like a strange piece of trivia: doctors did not originally prevent or control wound infection with antibiotics.
By Jin10 days ago in FYI
The Yuan Dynasty Built Provinces That Made No Sense. Here’s What They Reveal About Empire.
The Yuan Branch Secretariats: puzzle provinces, enclaves, and the limits of empire The Yuan dynasty called them xing zhongshu sheng , branch secretariats of the Central Secretariat. The name matters. A province in the modern sense is a unit of local government. A Yuan branch secretariat was an outpost of the central court. It could be moved, merged, stretched, or abolished. It held military, fiscal, and civil authority. Its officials signed documents together, answered to the center, and served as conduits for revenue moving north. The map that resulted looks like a record of campaigns, tax routes, and temporary compromises.
By Jin10 days ago in FYI
When Snow Stopped Play
On Monday, June 2nd, 1975, the cricket players of Lancashire and Derbyshire, plus the umpires, arrived at the Park Road cricket ground expecting a second day of sun and cricket. But the sun never shone that day and no cricket was played. Something happened which is still remembered to this day.
By Niall James Bradley12 days ago in FYI
He Wouldn’t Tell Anyone Where the Best Corn Dog Was. A TikTok Sleuth Found It in Minutes.
You don’t have to say where: he already found it There’s a post on X. A hand holding a corn dog. The background is a walkway, people passing by, no street signs, no shop names, no location tag. The caption reads: “I found the best corn dog and I’m not telling anyone where it is.”
By Jin16 days ago in FYI
The Strange Discovery of the Hexham Heads
I think at some point in our childhoods, we’ve all tried digging in the garden for treasure. Yet despite our efforts to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, we would find pointless things like dusty old bottle caps or one orphaned button.
By Rosie J. Sargent18 days ago in FYI
Why the World Calls China “China” — Not “Zhongguo”
English does not call China Zhongguo because the name reached Europe through a chain that started with Qin. Zhongguo is an internal term. For centuries it described the central states or the central kingdom. It was not the name traders carried west. The name they carried came from Qin.
By Jin19 days ago in FYI
The Flying Saucer Sold in Yiwu for $1.2 Billion Can’t Take You Anywhere
I. The flying saucer in the Yiwu showroom In September 2026, on the fourth floor of the Yiwu Global Digital Trade Center in Zhejiang, a disc-shaped aircraft sits in the showroom of Shenzhen Zhihang UAV. It is about 5 meters in diameter, with a 360° fully transparent spherical cockpit. The body is assembled from fiberglass, carbon fiber, aluminum alloy, and aviation plywood. Six ducted fans are completely enclosed inside the fuselage; no propellers are visible from the outside.
By Jin20 days ago in FYI
A number of things indicate the writing's on the wall
As I explained in the second part of this look at the ominous omens indicating a New World Order could be on the horizon I suggested World Goodwill’s "Coming One" could already be waiting in the wings, just biding time until the right moment arrives for a Google search to produce the big reveal... because if anyone should know that person’s identify there's a certain someone who could possibly serve as a gatekeeper with his finger right on the pulse.
By Steve Harrison27 days ago in FYI
Pareidolia or a serpent hidden in plain sight?
In the first part of this investigation into the ominous hints of an impending takeover by a New World Order manifested in the unusual imagery at the United Nations’ Security Council Chamber, Denver Airport, on a Google-esque wallpaper download as well as inside the Hall of the Pontifical Audiences, I pointed out the serpentine symbolism in architect Pier Luigi Nervi’s Vatican auditorium... but the question many readers will probably be wondering is: “So what?”
By Steve Harrison27 days ago in FYI