If your pockets were as deep as Bill Gates’ what would you drive? A new
Porsche or a seven-year-old one? Each year, Forbes magazine compiles a
list of the world’s wealthiest people.
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Top 10 Vehicles Owned by Billionaires
Wikipedia Publishes Millionth Article
The Wikimedia Foundation announced today the creation of the 1,000,000th article in the English language edition of Wikipedia.
Disruptive Technologies
When new, low-cost, highly-convenient subversive architectures reach
out to encompass the practices of dominant ones and start feeding
consumer demand in the same place, it’s usually a clear sign that an
industry is being disrupted.
Nobody Gambles Online (Or So They Say)
Everyone agrees that online gambling is a big business, but according to a new
survey hardly anybody admits to gambling online. Great stats.
Study: Eating Chocolate Dramatically Cuts Risk of Heart-Related Death
Eating cocoa can help elderly people cut their risk of dying from heart disease by as much as 50 per cent, Dutch scientists found.
Skydiving Without a Parachute
Jumping out of a plane without a parachute is not something we
recommend but that’s exactly what B.A.S.E. jumper Jeb Corliss has been
doing to help pave the way for the world’s first landing attempt
without a parachute. Amazing photos.
