Author: Imrul Hasan

This is Imrul Hasan's profile, and this is a bit of copy about him. He grew up in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Imrul is a Wordpress developer, Linux Server Expert, Software Tester, Blogger, and Cyclist. He’s known for his love of cats, but is also crazy about movies, dogs, coffee, sea and mountains.
Blown from Within: The 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing and the Day Domestic Terror Struck America
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Crime

Blown from Within: The 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing and the Day Domestic Terror Struck America

At 9:02 a.m. on April 19, 1995, a massive explosion tore through the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, killing 168 people, including 19 children, and injuring over 680 more. It was the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history at the time and sent shockwaves across the nation—not just because of the destruction, but because the perpetrator wasn’t a foreign terrorist or extremist group. He was an American citizen—Timothy McVeigh, a decorated Gulf War veteran turned radicalized anti-government extremist. His co-conspirator, Terry Nichols, shared his views. Together, they built a homemade bomb from fertilizer, diesel fuel, and hate. The Oklahoma City Bombing was a seismic moment in American life, not only because of the horror it inflicted but also becau...
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The 1974 Kidnapping of Patty Hearst: Heiress, Hostage, Revolutionary?
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Crime

The 1974 Kidnapping of Patty Hearst: Heiress, Hostage, Revolutionary?

Heiress, Hostage, Revolutionary? The Crime That Captivated and Confused a Nation On the night of February 4, 1974, 19-year-old Patricia “Patty” Hearst, heiress to the powerful Hearst media empire, was violently kidnapped from her Berkeley, California apartment by armed members of a little-known militant group called the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). What began as a high-profile abduction turned into one of the most bizarre, sensational, and debated stories in American history. Just two months later, Patty Hearst reappeared—armed, radicalized, and robbing a bank with her captors, declaring allegiance to their revolutionary cause under the name “Tania.” The line between victim and perpetrator blurred, and the nation became obsessed with the question:Was she brainwashed or a willing rev...
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The 1969 Manson Family Murders: Helter Skelter, Hollywood, and the Cult That Shocked the World
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The 1969 Manson Family Murders: Helter Skelter, Hollywood, and the Cult That Shocked the World

In the summer of 1969, as America teetered between the free love revolution and social chaos, a series of brutal killings in Los Angeles jolted the nation into a nightmare. Orchestrated by Charles Manson, a failed musician and charismatic cult leader, the Manson Family Murders became one of the most horrifying and culturally symbolic crimes of the 20th century. Over the course of two nights—August 8 and 9—Manson’s followers committed seven gruesome murders, targeting complete strangers in a misguided attempt to incite a race war that Manson dubbed “Helter Skelter.” The victims included Sharon Tate, a pregnant Hollywood actress and wife of director Roman Polanski, and other prominent residents of the affluent Hollywood Hills. The Manson murders shattered the illusion of 1960s peace and le...
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Kamal Haasan at 70: The Filmmaker Who Dared India to Think — A Deep Dive into Hey Ram and Virumaandi
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Movies, Personalities

Kamal Haasan at 70: The Filmmaker Who Dared India to Think — A Deep Dive into Hey Ram and Virumaandi

There are actors who entertain, a few who influence, and a rare handful who transform the very language of cinema. As Kamal Haasan turns 70, Indian cinema finds itself not merely celebrating a birthday but revisiting the legacy of a man who refused to let filmmaking become a comfortable act. Kamal Haasan is revered as an actor of staggering versatility, but to speak only of his performances is to speak of just one peak on a vast mountain range. The filmmaker in Kamal — the restless creator, the disrupter of patterns, the provocateur of thought — is a force that changed the shape of Indian cinema. Among his directorial works, two stand as monuments of his daring imagination: Hey Ram (2000) and Virumaandi (2004). These films are not meant to be watched casually; they demand participation, r...
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The Eternal Return and The Gay Science: Nietzsche’s Radical Vision of Life, Time, and Meaning
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Philosophy

The Eternal Return and The Gay Science: Nietzsche’s Radical Vision of Life, Time, and Meaning

Among Friedrich Nietzsche’s most haunting and transformative ideas is the eternal return—the notion that everything we experience will recur infinitely, again and again, in the same order, down to the smallest detail. First presented in The Gay Science (1882), this concept is not merely a cosmological hypothesis; it is a psychological and existential challenge. What if every joy, sorrow, triumph, and mistake in your life were destined to repeat forever? Could you say “yes” to that eternal recurrence? This idea, radical in its simplicity, is at the heart of Nietzsche’s philosophy. It merges science, art, and existentialism into a single confrontation with life itself. And though it was conceived over a century ago, the eternal return remains one of the most provocative metaphors for how we...
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The Remarkable Memory of Crows: Masters of Facial Recognition
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Nature

The Remarkable Memory of Crows: Masters of Facial Recognition

Crows are among the most intelligent creatures on Earth. Known for their problem-solving abilities, tool use, and complex social structures, these members of the corvid family continually surprise scientists with their cognitive skills. One of the most extraordinary of these abilities is facial recognition—the capacity to identify, remember, and respond to human faces for years, perhaps even decades. This remarkable adaptation underscores not only the intelligence of crows but also the ways in which they have learned to navigate environments shaped by humans. Their memory, combined with their social learning and communication, makes them highly attuned to both opportunities and dangers in their world. The Science of Crow Memory A Brain Built for Intelligence The secret to crows...
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The Universe Alive Within Us: Stars, Atoms, and the Meaning of Existence
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Science

The Universe Alive Within Us: Stars, Atoms, and the Meaning of Existence

When we look at the night sky, it is easy to feel like distant spectators. The stars seem impossibly far away, scattered like glittering points across an unreachable canvas. Galaxies swirl beyond comprehension, light-years away, their vastness dwarfing human life into a single flicker. Yet, the closer science and philosophy examine this reality, the clearer a profound truth becomes: we are not separate from the universe; we are expressions of it. The story of stars is not just the story of matter and energy. It is the story of us—our bodies, our minds, our capacity for wonder. By studying how stars live and die, we discover that our existence is bound to theirs, that our very atoms were once part of stellar furnaces billions of years ago. Through human life, the universe has gained a mirr...
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Dolphins, Whales, and the Biology of Empathy: Saving Humans Through the Ages
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Nature

Dolphins, Whales, and the Biology of Empathy: Saving Humans Through the Ages

The oceans are home to some of the most intelligent and socially complex animals on Earth. Among them, dolphins and whales (collectively known as cetaceans) stand out not only for their advanced communication skills and group coordination but also for something far more profound: the apparent capacity for empathy. For centuries, stories have circulated of dolphins and whales rescuing humans from drowning, defending them against predators, and guiding lost sailors back to shore. Modern science now provides a biological basis for these remarkable behaviors. The discovery of spindle cells—specialized brain cells linked to emotions, empathy, and social awareness—in some whale and dolphin species suggests that these creatures may indeed be capable of experiencing and acting upon emotions once ...
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The Time Lord Turns 43: Celebrating Matt Smith, Doctor Who’s Most Electrifying Regeneration
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Personalities, TV Shows

The Time Lord Turns 43: Celebrating Matt Smith, Doctor Who’s Most Electrifying Regeneration

When the blue police box first appeared on British television screens in 1963, few could have imagined how Doctor Who would grow into a cultural phenomenon spanning six decades. Fewer still could have foreseen the arrival of one of its most iconic regenerations — a young, energetic, and impossibly alien Doctor who would redefine the role for a new generation. Today, as Matt Smith turns 43, we look back at the extraordinary journey of the actor who transformed from an unknown newcomer into one of science fiction’s most beloved faces. Smith’s time as the Eleventh Doctor was not just a chapter in Doctor Who history — it was a seismic shift. From bow ties and fezzes to heartbreak and heroism, his portrayal remains one of the most complex and emotionally resonant in the series’ long legacy. T...
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The Mysterious Case of Tatsuya Ichihashi: Japan’s Fugitive Killer Who Vanished into Plain Sight
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Books, Crime

The Mysterious Case of Tatsuya Ichihashi: Japan’s Fugitive Killer Who Vanished into Plain Sight

Few modern Japanese crimes have captured the nation’s imagination and horror quite like the case of Tatsuya Ichihashi, a young man whose transformation from a soft-spoken English student into one of Japan’s most infamous fugitives stunned the world. His story is one of duality—beauty and brutality, intelligence and depravity, guilt and redemption. What began as the tragic murder of Lindsay Ann Hawker, a 22-year-old British teacher, became an extraordinary eight-year odyssey of pursuit, disguise, and self-reinvention. The mystery of how Ichihashi evaded capture for over two years—and what drove him to commit such a crime—remains one of Japan’s most chilling psychological dramas. The Victim: Lindsay Ann Hawker In 2007, Lindsay Hawker was a bright and kind young woman from Warwicksh...
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Thug Behram: The Shadow King of India’s Deadliest Cult
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Crime, History

Thug Behram: The Shadow King of India’s Deadliest Cult

Introduction In the dusty roads and dense jungles of 18th-century India, travelers feared a name whispered like a curse — Thug Behram. To the British authorities, he was the embodiment of evil, a man whose shadow stretched across hundreds of murders. To his followers, he was the master of an ancient, sacred craft: killing in the name of the goddess Kali. His story, half history and half legend, remains one of the most haunting chapters in the history of organized crime. Thug Behram’s name became synonymous with the Thuggee cult, a secretive network of robbers and stranglers that operated across India for centuries. Though the exact number of his victims remains debated, colonial records claim that Behram was directly or indirectly involved in over 900 murders, making him one of the most ...
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The House of the Dead: Dostoevsky’s Testament of Resurrection
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Books

The House of the Dead: Dostoevsky’s Testament of Resurrection

When The House of the Dead was first serialized between 1860 and 1862 in the pages of Vremya, the literary world had no idea it was reading a resurrection. Fyodor Dostoevsky had returned from the abyss—not metaphorically, but literally—from the edge of death, from the belly of Siberia, from the frozen silence where names vanish and only the soul remains. What he brought back was not merely a novel, but a vision—a spiritual archaeology of humanity buried beneath suffering, degradation, and the faint pulse of redemption. Few books are born from such intimate proximity to annihilation. The House of the Dead emerged from Dostoevsky’s own imprisonment in the Omsk labor camp after his mock execution in 1849. Once a young intellectual condemned for revolutionary sympathies, he was reduced to a n...
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Pyramids of Mars at 50: The Gothic Soul of Doctor Who’s Golden Age
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TV Shows

Pyramids of Mars at 50: The Gothic Soul of Doctor Who’s Golden Age

On October 25th, 1975, British television audiences tuned into BBC1 and stepped into something extraordinary. The screen flickered with images of ancient tombs, swirling sands, and a stately English manor where something unspeakable stirred. The story was Pyramids of Mars, a four-part serial that would soon become a cornerstone of Doctor Who’s mythology — and a defining moment in television science fiction. Half a century later, Pyramids of Mars remains a haunting masterpiece — a union of science fiction, Egyptian mysticism, and gothic horror that continues to resonate with viewers new and old. It’s not merely a relic of 1970s television; it’s a work that captures the imagination, intellect, and heart of what Doctor Who truly is: a cosmic fairy tale about humanity, power, and curiosity’s ...
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Did Aliens Save Us from Chernobyl? The UFO Conspiracy That Claims Humanity Was Spared
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Mystery

Did Aliens Save Us from Chernobyl? The UFO Conspiracy That Claims Humanity Was Spared

In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant erupted in a hellish explosion that changed the course of history. Reactor No. 4 spewed radioactive material into the skies over Europe, contaminating vast regions and triggering what is still considered the worst nuclear disaster in human history. But what if the destruction could have been worse? What if, amid the chaos, smoke, and confusion, something—or someone—intervened?According to a lesser-known but persistent conspiracy theory, extraterrestrials did exactly that. Reports of unidentified flying objects near Chernobyl around the time of the explosion have led some to believe that aliens played a critical role in toning down the radiation, possibly preventing an even more catastrophic, chain-reaction a...
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The Grimes Sisters Mystery: A Haunting That Never Found Justice
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Mystery

The Grimes Sisters Mystery: A Haunting That Never Found Justice

In the winter of 1956, Chicago was swept up in a tragedy that would go on to haunt the city for decades—not just emotionally, but some say spiritually. On December 28, teenage sisters Patricia (15) and Barbara Grimes (13) set out to catch a screening of Love Me Tender, the newest Elvis Presley film, at the Brighton Theater in the city’s South Side. They never came home. What followed was one of the largest missing persons investigations in Chicago history. The disappearance captivated the public, consumed the media, and pushed law enforcement into a state of desperation. But despite an avalanche of tips, dead ends, and shattered leads, the truth of what happened to the Grimes sisters remains unsolved to this day. Even worse: it’s never rested. That Night at the Theater It was ...
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The Sausage King of Chicago: Murder, Madness, and the Haunting of Louisa Luetgert
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Crime, Mystery, Paranormal

The Sausage King of Chicago: Murder, Madness, and the Haunting of Louisa Luetgert

In the grimy industrial heart of 1870s Chicago, meat was king—and no one reigned more successfully than Adolph Luetgert, a wealthy German immigrant who built a booming sausage empire. From the outside, Luetgert had it all: money, status, and a sprawling sausage factory that supplied homes and markets across the city. But behind the polished veneer of success lay a chilling tale of domestic violence, murder, and one of the most sensational trials in Chicago’s history—a story that still echoes through ghost sightings and whispered legends today. What began as a troubled marriage ended in a gruesome mystery, and what followed was a scandal so macabre it still haunts Chicago folklore: the case of the "Sausage Vat Murder." The Disappearance of Louisa Luetgert Adolph Luetgert married ...
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Scientists Discover “Obelisks”: A Mysterious New Class of Life in the Human Gut
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Health, Science

Scientists Discover “Obelisks”: A Mysterious New Class of Life in the Human Gut

In a groundbreaking revelation that challenges our understanding of biology, scientists have discovered a previously unknown microscopic organism in the human gut microbiome. These tiny entities, named "obelisks," appear to belong to an entirely new class of life and could reshape our knowledge of microbial ecosystems and their impact on human health. Unlike anything previously documented, obelisks possess rings of genetic material and produce their own unique proteins, called "oblins." The discovery raises fundamental questions about their role in human health, their potential influence on diseases, and whether they are beneficial or harmful to the delicate balance of the gut microbiome. This article delves into the scientific significance of obelisks, their potential impact on heal...
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Robert Frost on Poetry: Emotion, Thought, and Expression
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literature

Robert Frost on Poetry: Emotion, Thought, and Expression

Robert Frost, one of America’s most beloved poets, had an extraordinary ability to capture human emotion and universal truths in deceptively simple words. His famous reflection on poetry—“A poem begins with a lump in the throat”—beautifully illustrates his belief that poetry is not just about language, but about deep, unspoken emotions seeking expression. This quote provides a profound insight into the poetic process, revealing that poetry is born from intense feelings—be it homesickness, love, longing, or loss—and ultimately transforms those emotions into structured thought and words. 🔍 Breaking Down Frost’s Philosophy on Poetry 1. “A poem begins with a lump in the throat” The “lump in the throat” symbolizes deep, unspoken emotions—a moment of overwhelming feeling that dem...
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Corsets Reimagined: The Timeless Trend Making a Modern Comeback
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Fashion, Lifestyle

Corsets Reimagined: The Timeless Trend Making a Modern Comeback

In the tapestry of fashion history, few garments have stirred as much controversy, fascination, and evolution as the corset. Once emblematic of Victorian restraint and feminine subjugation, corsetry has undergone a remarkable revival in the modern era, blending historical allure with contemporary liberation. This article delves into the resurgence of corsetry, exploring its cultural, aesthetic, and functional rebirth in the 21st century. A Historical Overview Corsets first emerged in the 16th century, primarily as a means to shape the body according to the prevailing beauty standards of the time. From the whalebone and steel of the Victorian era to the more flexible materials of the Edwardian period, corsets have been both celebrated and criticized. The 20th century saw a decline in trad...
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The Red Queen Hypothesis: Why Evolution Never Stops
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Nature, Science

The Red Queen Hypothesis: Why Evolution Never Stops

Imagine you are running on a treadmill. No matter how fast you go, you never actually get ahead. Now, apply that concept to evolution: species must continuously adapt just to keep up with the ever-changing environment and their competitors. This is the essence of the Red Queen Hypothesis—a powerful evolutionary theory that explains why species must constantly evolve just to survive. Coined by Leigh Van Valen in 1973, the hypothesis takes its name from Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, where the Red Queen tells Alice: "It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place." This idea suggests that evolution is a never-ending race, driven by competition, predation, and parasitism. If a species stops adapting, it risks falling behind—and ultimately going extinct. ...
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