Try as you might, coming up with something good to say about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is pretty much impossible. The disease has closed businesses, wrecked economics, and killed scores upon scores of people. Really, there’s nothing nice about it. It’s horrible and it’s doesn’t seem to be going away any time soon. With that …
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It’s official–cash is no longer king. Not now, there’s the possibility of getting sick with coronavirus from trace contact. Most coffee shops and restaurants stopped accepting cast earlier this year to protect employees. And now, there’s an actual coin shortage in the United States. The US Mint slowed production to keep employees safe, and people …
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You would think that someone smuggling drugs from one place to another, one country to another to be more specific, would check and make sure that the weight of the shipment works with the mode of transportation. But no? In this case, they didn’t do that, and they paid the price for it. A smaller …
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Ah, the miracles of modern medicine. What would the world be without them? Thanks to medicinal science, we’re able to not die at the ripe age of 30 as was the tradition for thousands of years. We’ve eradicated entire diseases. We can repair limbs that have been mangled beyond recognition, and successfully treat conditions that …
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At this point in 2020, it feels like we’re all trapped on an island eating stale cheese sandwiches while people tell us we’re actually at the best party ever. If you haven’t seen either documentary about Fyre, the doomed music festival, treat yourself to a little marathon. There’s Fyre Fraud on Hulu, and Fyre: The …
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They say that in space, no one can hear you scream. There’s some truth to that as space travel can be incredibly dangerous at best, and downright lethal without a heaping pile of precautions. But astronauts might soon be getting help from an unexpected source. Namely, a radiation-slurping fungus harvested off the blown-up reactor in …
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Language can be funny sometimes, especially when it comes to slang. Completely innocuous words can take on wholly new meanings and using them without knowing the new context can cause… Interesting results. The U.S. pizza chain Domino’s learned this lesson the hard way after its ad campaign in Australia and New Zealand backfired. Trying to …
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Skydiving attracts people for all kinds of reasons. Adrenaline junkies are obviously into the stunt, but also people looking to live more boldly–to snap out of the stupor of their daily lives. Vermont resident, Chris Marckres, went out for his first skydive jump last week in West Addison. Like most newbies, he opted for a …
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Bars and pubs are generally places for people to have a good time. It’s where you go to have a few drinks, meet up with your buddies, chat, and enjoy each other’s company. With that said, sometimes the good times get rowdy and bars have to throw people out for misbehaving. That’s what bouncers are …
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The founding of the U.S. Space Horse… Excuse us, the U.S. Space Force last year took the world by surprise and slight amusement. Granted, it was a logical step in the global arms race to see who will end up dominating the last frontier. After all, it’s not like the U.S. is alone in shooting …