There’s more CGI in movies and TV than you probably realized. It’s often sprinkled throughout scenes to make things easier either for the sound guys, the stunt guys, or to fix something that no-one noticed until post. But sometimes, directors overstep the limits of the technology. Because of budget or lack of time, the result …
Bottled water has been around longer than you’d expect. Our modern-day obsession with hydration still feels new-ish. Evian and Nestle have been in the bottled water business for almost a century, ever since indoor plumbing became widespread. In retrospect, finding a natural spring claiming it’s “yours” and then selling a natural resource that belongs to, …
While owning a rental property can be a great benefit to you financially and to your investment portfolio, if you don’t manage the property correctly, it can also be a huge headache. To streamline this process, many people choose to work with a property management company that takes care of most of the heavy lifting …
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Surrounded by the rolling hills of Silicon Valley which is a huge hub of technology in the Bay Area of California, San Jose is a large city with a lot of places to travel to and visit. It won’t be wrong to say that you would not regret visiting any place there since it’s all …
There’s no denying that national parks around the world are critical for preserving the natural world. They protect nature against development and pollution, offer protection for plants and animals, and preserve remarkable natural features. But they can also be super creepy. The United States National Parks don’t disclose how many people go missing in the …
Our desire for exploration far outpaces our capacity. Our struggle to travel to our neighboring planets doesn’t bode well for exploring distant solar systems. But when you consider how little of our own world we’ve seen, we’re still in the infancy of understanding the capacity for survival in species. Take, for instance, the pitch-black, freezing, …
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English is a crustacean language. It grows and sheds words to make room for new ones, which is a good thing. People may be aghast that “literally” now also means figuratively, but all words and their definitions are made up. We can use them however we want–change the meaning, mash them together, and throw away …
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The auction house RR Auction in Boston launched online bidding for a bunch of presidential memorabilia, and some of it weirder than others. Last year, they sold a lock of Lincoln’s hair alongside a telegram covered in bloodstains. The winning bidder remained anonymous but paid $81,000 to own a remnant of the 16th president. There’s …
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Our planet, cozy, warm, and blessed with an abundance of carbon and water, is such an anomaly in our solar system. When we talk about “strange planets,” Earth is probably the strangest. After all, in the hundreds of billions of planets in our galaxy, we’re the only one (we know of) that can support such …
We’ve previously addressed the sky-high pricing for Legos these days. They’ve gone from a ubiquitous gift for kids to a serious investment for parents. When someone sets a World Record for the size of a Lego display, it’s a big announcement that this person is rich. Or, in this case, a museum. Kids museums have …
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