All posts tagged "history"
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479FutureThe Best Books About Tech That Won’t Bore You to Tears (And What To Learn From Them)
If you work in tech, digital marketing or simply want to know more about this area that’s all around us and shaping...
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629MiscA London Furniture Conservator Just Managed to Solve the 20,000-year Cave Drawings Mystery
What are those dots for? Ben Bacon, a furniture conservator from London, made an unlikely but crucial discovery that will help researchers...
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962GamingThe Pacman Ghost Names: Cool Things You Didn’t Know About the Best Game of All Time
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe? Nope, but close enough! The names of the Pacman ghosts that give you a hard time at the...
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982MiscAllegedly “Fake” Roman Coins, Now Authenticated, Spark New Debate About the Existence of A Lost Roman Emperor
A new analysis of what were commonly considered “fake” Roman coins spark a new debate about the lost Roman emperor depicted on...
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1.3KMiscThe 26 Lines of Code that Changed the World, A New Book You Should Definitely Add to Your List
“The code that launched a million cat videos”, the invention of COBOL, the ancient programming language banks still use to this day,...
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1.3KMiscCameras Abandoned By Renowned Explorers 85 Years Ago On Glacier Found With Film Still On Them
A message from the distant past? Three cameras abandoned 85 years ago by two explorers and pioneer photographers were discovered on a...
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952Smart LifeThis Documentary Shows How Socialist Chile Almost Built the Internet At the Same Time As the US – Before the CIA Intervened
Did you know that there were multiple internets being built in parallel back in the 70s? A new three-part documentary shows how...
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2.1KSocialA Bored Chinese Housewife Was Caught Falsifying Russian History On Wikipedia, After Her Edits Tricked Readers For Years
Yet another scandal is rocking Wikipedia. This time, a bored Chinese housewife spent years on Chinese Wikipedia falsifying Russian history – and...
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3.9K1FutureScientists Prove the Existence of Lost Cities in the Amazon Using Lidar
El Dorado or the Lost City of Z? The legends now seem to be based on fact, thanks to new research undergone...
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1.0KSmart LifeWith A Whisper, Not A Bang, Apple Discontinues the iPod After 2 Decades
Did you think the iPod is obsolete? Now it’s actually official. While many thought the iPod was lost in the past, Apple...
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2.7KMiscThis Ancient Stone Carving Is Just 1.5 Inches Wide, Shocks Scientists With The Amount of Detail
The Pylos Combat Agate, one Minoan stone carving discovered two years ago amazes thanks to its level of detail, almost impossible considering...
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1.7KMiscThe 3000 Year Old Amenhotep I Mummy Was Digitally “Unwrapped”, Here’s What’s Inside
History buff? Fascinated about ancient Egypt and what secrets the thousand-year old sarcophaguses might hold? Then these images are unskippable! The sarcophagus...
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1.0KSmart LifeThis Rare Wooden Case Apple-1 Computer Just Sold For $500,000
See, folks, this is exactly why people get started on hoarding old tech in the attic! Yet another old Apple-1 computer turned...
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1.2KSmart LifeRare, Still Working Apple-1 Computer Goes for $1.5 Million
Want to make some money? If you were always passionate about tech, you could check the attic for your old computers, who...
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2.3KSmart LifeBring Dinosaurs Home with the Google AR App
Even though lately the news has focused mostly on VR and dedicated headsets, augmented reality (AR) still has plenty to offer in...
