Tue 19 October 2021: A sword estimated to be 900 years old has been discovered off the coast of Israel’s northern coast by an amateur diver. The one metre blade, covered in barnacles is believed to have belonged to a Crusader knight and was found by Shlomi Katzin on the seabed along the Carmel coast, near the […]
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Tue 19 October 2021: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, whose departure from the tech giant in 2020 followed revelations of an affair with an employee 20 years before, had already been warned in 2008 over emails to a female staff member that were deemed inappropriate. According to reporting by the Wall Street Journal that was confirmed […]
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Mon 18 October 2021: Bloomberg News reported late Saturday that Netflix’s biggest original series launch, “Squid Game,” is valued at than $900 million, citing statistics from an internal Netflix document. After launching last month, the nine-episode drama, in which cash-strapped participants play childhood games with deadly consequences in the hopes of winning 45.6 billion won […]
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Sun 17 October 2021: Instead of coffee beans, cell cultures are used to make lab-grown coffee. In four years, it might receive regulatory approval in Europe and the United States. The breakthrough could open the door for a commercialized product with a much less climate impact than the normal coffee. In response to the industry’s […]
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Sat 16 October 2021: Charles Darwin gifted his son Leonard a microscope, which has stayed in the family for nearly 200 years and is likely to bring up to $480,000 at auction in December. According to Christie’s, the microscope was designed by Charles Gould for the firm Cary circa 1825 and is one of six […]
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Fri 15 October 2021: A self-shredded artwork by British street artist Banksy has received a record price at auction. “Love is in the Bin” was offered on sale by Sotheby’s in London, with a presale estimate of £4m to £6m (€4.7m to €7.1m). However, the sale price on Thursday was around £18.5 million (€21.8 million), […]
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Fri 15 October 2021: Rumeysa Gelgi of Turkey holds the Guinness World Record for being the world’s tallest living woman, standing at 7 feet, 0.7 inches tall. Gelgi, 24, first broke a Guinness World Record when she was 17 years old, when she was named the world’s tallest teenager (female). Her tall stature is related […]
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Tue 12 October 2021: Toby, the world’s oldest white rhino, died in a zoo in northern Italy on Tuesday at the age of 54, according to a spokeswoman for the establishment. “Nonno Toby” (Grandpa Toby) died on October 6, according to Elisa Livia Pennacchioni of the Parco Natura Viva, a zoo near Verona in northern […]
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Tue 12 October 2021: Superman fell in love with a reporter, and now his son is doing the same, only this time it’s a man named Jay who is the superhero’s love interest. The new Superman, who is the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, will have a romantic relationship with a male buddy, […]
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Sat 09 October 2021: Authorities claim that Israeli archaeologists have discovered an unique old toilet in Jerusalem going back over 2,700 years, when private restrooms were a luxury in the holy city. The Israeli Antiquities Authority said the smooth, carved limestone toilet was found in a rectangular cabin that was part of a sprawling mansion […]
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