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The CEO of Amazon digs up old Apollo Moon Rockets from the Sea in his Spare Time

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What would you do if you had founded the largest online retailer in the world? Well, you would go hunting in the dark depths of the Atlantic ocean for NASA rocket engines that powered the Apollo moon missions of the 60s and 70s in your spare time– that’s what! On July 16, 1969, five particular F-1 engines [...]

The Lost Treehouse Tribes of the Rainforest

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Until 1970, they were unaware of the existence of any people on Earth besides themselves. Hard to believe with such extensive views from their 140 foot high tree dwellings, but when you’re living in one of the least explored jungles in the world, these things can happen. The indigenous Korowai tribe have been building their [...]

Forget Santa’s Workshop! Inside an Amazon Warehouse

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Last year, Amazon shifted 17 million products within 24 hours. Can Santa even compete with those kind of stats anymore? And while we’re effortlessly clicking away on Amazon.com, browsing page after page of their seamless site, did you ever stop to wonder where all those products are being kept? What does it really look like [...]

What the Heck is a Groupon?? How the Fastest Growing Company in Internet History Just Made Coupon collecting Cool

I hate those moments when you realise you don’t know everything about everything. Unless of course those moments involve a handsome, irresistibly well-dressed Parisian telling me about the historical significance of the bronze canons at the Place des Invalides as we drive by on his scooter– in which case, I’ll soak it all up like [...]



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