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Nintendo lawyers in a pickle. On the one hand, this is an unacceptable portrayal of the character and IP. On the other hand, this track is an absolute banger. https://t.co/qKxvVHhE...
Explainer video on science of why the 400m sprint is considered the most painful track & field event. And why “no person on the planet can run the 400m all out from start to finis...
The South Sudan Men’s Basketball story is incredible. The youngest country in the world (established 2011) with a GDP of under $10B. Former NBA player Luol Deng funded the countr...
The Air Pistol sharpshooter glasses are probably the coolest Olympics gear: ▫️Three main parts: a lens, a mechanical iris and dangling blinders ▫️The key to sharpshooting is ali...
The iPhone camera uses computational photography, applying software to every snap. This wild photo is an eery example: the subject tries on a wedding dress and each mirror shows h...
The 3 greatest tech acquisitions ever: ▫️Facebook buys Instagram for $1B ▫️Google buys YouTube for $1.7B ▫️Microsoft buys OpenAI for $0B
Netflix is shutting down its DVD service this week. Since launching in 1998, it has sent >5 billion DVDs and — at its busiest — was shipping 1.2 million discs a week. How? One m...
This is Claus-Henning Schulke. The 57-year old German is a civil engineer but — once a year — he morphs into an athletic legend. How? Schulke bikes around the Berlin Marathon cou...
Garmin is a very resilient company. Over the past 15 years, two Big Tech players took direct hits on its main revenue streams. ◽️GPS: When Google released Maps for Android in 200...
The Uncrustables brand is somehow headed for $1B in annual sales and its timeline is wild: ▫️1995: Two dads in North Dakota invent frozen crustless PB&J sandwiches and sell them t...
The making of “Under Pressure” was total serendipity. In 1981, Queen and David Bowie were recording separate projects at Mountain Studio — which was owned by Queen — in Montreux,...
The foundation under Venice is fascinating. There is the equivalent of 10 million tree trunks under the Italian city. At first glance, wood is an inferior option to stronger mate...