Not every mobile game has to make sense—it just has to be fun to play. And with new games released in the Apple App and Google Play stores constantly, there have never been more options for smartphone users. According to Newzoo, there were 2.6 billion mobile gamers back in 2021, while Statista reports that Asia …
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Many video game systems of the past few decades are real classics. They’ve brought endless hours of fun and excitement to countless gamers all around the world. But then are the ones that are famous for the exact opposite reasons. These are the consoles that no one liked back in the day and no one …
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Did you read The History of Nuclear Power in Fun Facts: Part One? Because this is part two. A tea kettle is a good analogy for nuclear power. By the end of the 1950’s, 300 atomic bombs had been exploded in tests by multiple countries By the 1970’s, the buzz of nuclear energy fades as …
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Fossil fuels are killing us, when it comes to our pocketbooks especially. But is nuclear power the answer? Here’s the history, so you tell me. 10% of the world’s electricity comes from nuclear power. The leading country being France, getting 70% of their power from nuclear. Radioactive waste is a huge problem resulting from nuclear …
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A computer mouse isn’t a complex device. You have two buttons and a scroll wheel — that’ll get the job done. Of course, that’s not enough for everybody. In the time-honored tech tradition, some companies just had to try and make their mice as weird as possible. Maybe they had good intentions, but that doesn’t …
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Modern smartphones are so standardized in design that it can be hard to distinguish between devices from different manufacturers. But it wasn’t always so. Back when we were still trying to figure out what a mobile phone even is, companies made some pretty wild and wacky design choices. Some of them were successful, others were… …
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People will create counterfeit versions of absolutely everything to scam unsuspecting consumers. Even cheese. You no doubt know Parmigiano Reggiano, also called parmesan. Or so you’d think, but what if we told you that you actually may never have had real parmesan? In the EU, both the names Parmigiano Reggiano and parmesan are strictly controlled. …
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Some kinds of sex bots are a common feature of science fiction. But it seems that a lot of people are ready for this particular carnal vision to become reality. A recent survey by SexualAlpha asked 3,292 participants what they thought about the possibility of… Interfacing with a robot. Surprisingly, the results show that more …
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Remember VHS tapes, flip phones, or any other piece of tech that became completely obsolete? It was easy enough to dump your old gadgets and move on to the next technological marvel. But what if you’d implanted a VHS deck into your skull? That’s the situation now facing hundreds of blind people. Second Sight Medical …
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As hard as it might be to believe, North Korea has internet access. Of course, it’s extremely restricted in line with the country’s repressive government policies, but it’s still there. North Korea’s bizarre little pool of websites numbers only at a few dozen, including the country Air Koryo airline and Kim Jong-un’s official Naenara site. …
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