- newA 15th-century Persian book says what a snake sighting means
The Marnameh is a short Persian book, written in the late fifteenth century, that explains the meaning of seeing a snake. It runs through the thirty days of the Zoroastrian calendar, most of them named for a divinity or figure, and gives the omen att…
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- newClacton-by-Sea voters get the longest ballot in UK election history
Ballots for a special election in England's Clacton-by-Sea are the longest ever produced in U.K. electoral history despite¹ only one major party contesting the race. The vote, scheduled later this month, was triggered by the showy resignation of Cla…
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- newRed Bull paid for the studies saying vodka Red Bulls are fine
Of the studies on mixing alcohol and energy drinks funded by Red Bull or written by researchers with financial ties to it, 95% found no added risk. Roughly 80% of independent studies found the opposite, The Examination reports.At a February 2011 hea…
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- newA chip report out of China erased $1 trillion in market value
A report this week that China has begun mass-producing specialty chips key to the AI boom set off a selloff that erased $1 trillion in market value from other chip manufacturers, according to the Guardian. The same week, the Federal Communications Co…
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- newThe lightbulb that's burned for 120 years draws four watts
A lightbulb in a Livermore, California fire station has burned for more than 120 years, past a million hours, and it is the stock proof that manufacturers once colluded to make bulbs burn out. It is also barely lit: the nominally 60-watt lamp draws f…
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- newArizona Supreme Court: clergy don't have to report child abuse confessions
U.S. Border Patrol agent Paul Adams sexually abused all six of his children for at least seven years before he was caught. He killed himself after being charged, but not before investigators realized that bishops and other officials at the Church of…
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- newThe Egyptian temple carving that looks like a giant lightbulb
Carved into the Hathor temple at Dendera in Egypt is a relief that looks a great deal like a lightbulb: an oval bubble with a snake curling inside it, held up by a pillar. A fringe theory holds that this is evidence of ancient Egyptian electric light…
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- newLittle Debbie delivery driver made $17k selling them from his truck at flea markets, say cops
A Little Debbie delivery driver sold more than $17,000 worth of cargo at flea markets and billed grocery stores for deliveries that never happened, say police in Pennsylvania. WTAE reports that James Powell, 39, of Valley Grove, West Virginia, faces…
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- newGet Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more for life for less than $5 each with this Microsoft Office license
TL;DR: Add fresh tools to an old PC for just $32.97 with this lifetime license to Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows, on sale now through August 9.Sometimes it's best to go back to basics. Whether you're trying to finalize a budget, wri…
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- Why tomato sauce stains plastic, and the 30-second fix
Delish food editor Brooke Caison explains why tomato sauce turns plastic containers orange. Cooked and canned tomatoes are loaded with lycopene, a heavily pigmented antioxidant that repels water. Plastic repels water too, so the pigment bonds to the…
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