A beautiful image of a pink dolphin poking its nose out of the Amazon river under a pastel-hued sunset earned California resident Kat Zhou the title of the 2023 Underwater Photographer of the Year. Over 6,000 entries from photographers in 72 countries were submitted for
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Millennials are in the driver’s seat when it comes to trading. And they’re betting big on a handful of favorite S&P 500 stocks.
Tesla (TSLA), Apple (AAPL) and Amazon.com (AMZN) continue to be the top holdings of millennial investors and all are up in value this year, says an Investor’s Business Daily analysis of data from the just-released Apex Next Investor Outlook for the fourth quarter and S&P Global Market Intelligence.
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Ah, the fountain of youth. Many older individuals wish they could find such a magical potion, bottle it up, or even be privy to just one shot in order to slow down the inevitable course of aging. There are many things we can control in life, but growing older, unfortunately, is a bit of a challenge to temper.
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Individual ketchup packets are in high demand — and suppliers can’t seem to keep up with it.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the price for individual ketchup packets has increased by 13%, the Wall Street Journal reports. Restaurants have been trying to stock up on the packets since the CDC recommended to “avoid using or sharing items that are reusable such as menus, condiments and any other food containers.” That, combined with many eateries reverting to take-out only orders where packets would be included, has resulted in a shortage at chains like Long John’s Silver and Texas Roadhouse, according to WSJ.
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Sometimes, rays of sunlight hit objects at the perfect angle and cast shadows that are even more interesting than the object itself. Twitter user Joaquim Campa recently shared a gallery of “satisfying shadows for perfectionists” to reveal silhouettes, shapes, and contours that are seriously pleasing to the eye.
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The Willamette Valley is the beating heart of Oregon’s picturesque wine region, home to two-thirds of the Beaver State’s wineries and famed for its exceptional Pinot Noir.
Sandwiched between the Oregon Coast Range and the Cascade Range, it also boasts the six largest cities in the state and some of the most pet-friendly destinations in the country.
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“Homo Spaciens,” “Orbitons,” “Novanauts,” “Rocketeers,” and “Startans” — this is just a small sampling of the hundreds of suggested names for members of the military’s newest branch, the Space Force.
They were, of course, rejected in favor of “Guardians,” a name that folks seem to have gotten used to after it was roundly mocked for its similarities to the well-known Marvel Comics franchise, Guardians of the Galaxy. On that note, among the list of passed-over names was “Starlord” which is the main character in that comic book series, who’s played by actor Chris Pratt in the movies.
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When classic car restorer and metal detecting enthusiast Kevin Duckett spotted a glint of gold peeking out beneath the soil of an English field in 2017, he initially thought he’d found a crumpled piece of foil. But as the Northamptonshire native continued digging, he soon realized he’d stumbled onto something far more valuable.
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Singer Tim Storms currently holds the Guinness World Records for “lowest note produced by a human.” Here’s how he sounds singing.
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Beats a second career of working as a Walmart greeter, right? -Jeff
TOKYO — A 37-year-old Tokyo man who says he rents himself out to other people “to do nothing” has been inundated with gratitude from Twitter users, indicating people are happy with his new form of support.
“I’m glad I was able to take a walk with someone while keeping a comfortable distance, where we didn’t have to talk but could if we wanted to,” one user wrote. Another reflected, “I had been slack about visiting the hospital, but I went because he came with me.”
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Humans. I’m tired of it. I’m tired of emails that say “I hope you’re doing well in these trying times,” (although I may, cough, be guilty of sending 1 or 70 of ‘em). I’m tired of conversations (mine included) that default to politics, protests, posturing.
Conversations where we are all-knowing and the other is an imbecile. Yes, I am very worried about our government, Big Tech, overreach, social unrest, and tactical things like inflation, stock market plunges, and economic downturn.
But here’s the truth…we all need to gander a second or two longer in the mirror and do a little less pointing with those trigger-happy index fingers. I’ve never met a perfect human. I’m not, and I’d wager a bet you also aren’t.
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A week ago, Boston Dynamics posted a video of Atlas, Spot, and Handle dancing to “Do You Love Me.” It was, according to the video description, a way “to celebrate the start of what we hope will be a happier year.”
As of today, the video has been viewed nearly 24 million times,
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In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, travel screeched to a halt in the United States. In April, airports were devoid of their usual crowds, with ghostly security checkpoints seeing a mere 4 percent of typical traveler volumes that month.
Daily passenger levels — which in 2019 were usually around 2 to 3 million travelers daily — dipped to their lowest levels in a decade; a mere 100,000 travelers passed through airports most days in April.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — About half of Americans (48%) at the end of 2020 said that, if able to live anywhere they wished, they would choose a town (17%) or rural area (31%) rather than a city or suburb. This is a shift from 2018, when 39% thought a town or rural area would be ideal.
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ROME – From his newsstand at the bottom of two hilly streets in Rome, Armando Alviti has been dispensing newspapers, magazines and good cheer to locals from before dawn till after dusk nearly every day for more than a half-century.“Ciao, Armando,” his customers greet him as part of their daily routine. “Ciao, amore (love)” he calls back.
Alviti chuckled as he recalled how, when he was a young boy, newspaper deliverers would drop off the day’s stacks at his parents’ newsstand, sit him in the emptied baskets of their motorbikes and take him for a spin.
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