Lauren Shannon

With Ether Surging Past $3,200, The Creator Of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, Age 27, Is Now The World’s Youngest Crypto Billionaire. Buterin’s Crypto Wallet Holds ~333,500 Ether Worth $1.029 B. Ethereum Is The Most Actively Used Blockchain. And Ether Is The Second Largest Cryptocurrency, After Bitcoin, With A Market Cap Of $364 B.

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Kanye West, Age 43, Is Now Worth ~$6.6 Billion, Due To His Business Ventures, From His Yeezy Brand To Sneaker/Apparel Partnership With Adidas And The Gap. Kanye’s Worth Now Makes Him The Richest Black Person In US History And The Third Richest Celebrity In The World Behind Steven Spielberg ($7 billion) And George Lucas ($10 billion).

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Monde Nissin Corp.,The Producer Of Philippine’s Best-Selling Instant Noodle Brand “Lucky Me!,” Has Filed For An Initial Public Offering (IPO) To Raise As Much As 63 Billion Pesos ($1.3 billion). The Company Plans To Sell 3.6 Billion Shares At As Much As 17.5 Pesos Each, Which Could Be The Biggest First-Time Share Sale In Philippine.

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Elon Musk’s Electric Car Company, Tesla, Went Up In Value, Hitting, For The First Time On Wednesday the 6th Of January. 2021, The Market Value Of $700bn. This Increase In Share Price Also Made Elon Musk, Now Worth Over $185bn, The World’s Richest Man, Ahead Of Amazon Founder, Jeff Bezos, Who Held The Title Since 2017.

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The Recently Opened Deepspot Pool, At 45m Deep, Is Deeper Than The Current Guinness World Record Holder For Deepest Pool, The Y-40 Diving Pool (42m Deep) In Italy. The Deepspot Pool In Poland, Which Caters To Scuba Divers And Freedivers, Could Fill More Than 24 Olympic Sized Swimming Pools. The Pool Also Has A Transparent Viewing Tunnel For Non-Divers.

Apple Is On A Roll By Being The First Publicly Traded US Company To Be Valued At $2 Trillion. And This Comes After ~2 Years When The Company Was Noted To Be The First Publicly Traded Company Worth $1 Trillion. The $2 Trillion Valuation Is Based On The Current Share Count Of 4.275 Billion, And When Apple’s Price Rose To $467.77.…

Germany, In A Global Poll, Has Been Ranked As The Most Admired Country In The World For The Third Year In A Roll. The Rank Was Derived From A US-Based Gallup Poll Survey Of 1,000 Adults In 134 Countries In 2019. The US, China, And Russia Were Ranked The 2nd, 3rd, And 4th Positions Respectively.

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The Belgian Government Will Hand Out Free Railway Tickets To All Its Residents To Encourage Domestic Tourism, To Stimulate Their Economy After The Coronavirus LockDown. The Tickets Will Entitle Each Resident To Ten Free Journeys Of Any Length On The Country’s Railways. This’s Cool, But There Are Concerns Of Overcrowding Of The Trains.

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The Largest Waterfall In Ecuador Has Seemingly Disappeared After Part Of Its River Source Was Diverted By A Large Sinkhole. The Waterfall, Known To Be A Major Tourist Attraction, Will Be Closed And Has Since Been Removed As A Tourist Destination. The Ecuador Tourism Ministry Does Not Plan To Reconstruct The Waterfall.

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Netherlands Has Dropped The Name Holland, And Also Changed Their National Symbol. This Move Is Expected To Bring In The Right Kind Of Visitors As Part Of Their Tourism Rebranding Effort, By Emphasizing On The Country’s Commerce, Science, And Arts, Instead Of Being Known Negatively For Things Like Holland’s Drug-Culture Capital Amsterdam.

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Saudi Arabia State-Owned Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Sold The Biggest Shares To Date In The World, Raising A Record $25.6bn (£19.4bn) In Its Initial Public Offering (IPO) In Riyadh. This Surpasses That Of China’s Alibaba, Which Raised $25bn In 2014 In New York. Saudi Aramco IPO Will Value The Company At $1.7tn When Trading Begins.

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Quatas Made History Again By Being The First Airliner To Fly Nonstop For 19.5 Hrs From London To Sydney, Covering A 17,800 km Distance With A Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft. Quatas Previously Flew The Same Route Nonstop In 1989 Using A 747-400 Ferry Flight, Which Took 20 Hrs and 9 Mins, Making It The World’s Longest Commercial Flight.

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So Cool That In This Indian Village Of Kongthong, Mothers, In Addition To Formal Names, Also Compose Tunes (Jingrwai Lawbei) As Names For Their Babies. And Villagers Can Use The Tune To Call Out To A Person. I Guess Villagers Can Tell Who Is Calling, From A Saved Tune, Without Looking At The Caller ID.

More Progressive Transformation From Saudi Arabia, As It Is Now Okay For Only Unmarried Foreign Couples To Rent A Hotel Room Together. Previously, Foreign Folks Were Asked To Show Proof Of Their Relationship As Married Couples To Rent A Hotel Room. Even Women, Including Saudis, Will Now Be Allow To Stay Alone In Hotel Rooms.

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There Is A Global Liveability Index Of 140 Cities Worldwide, Which Ranks The Most Livable Cities Based On Parameters Like Stability, Culture And Environment, Education And Infrastructure, And Health Care. And This Year, 2019, Vienna Is Top-Ranked, With Melbourne Sydney, Osaka, and Calgary, In This Order, Subsequently Making The Top 5.

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It’s Beautiful, But Also Dangerous To Come In Contact With. I Am Referring To The Popular Bright Blue Lake Nicknamed The “Siberian Maldives” In Russia’s Siberia, Where Thousands Of Novosibirsk Residents Go Take Selfies For Instagram. The Blue Color Is Due To Toxic Waste Elements From A Local Power Station.

Switzerland, In 8th Position In 2018, Has Been Ranked As The Best Place To Live And Work In 2019. This’s The First Time In 5 Consecutive Years That Singapore Did Not Win The Title, Coming In At Second Position. The Ranking Was Conducted By HSBC Expat’s Annual Survey Of 18,000 Expats Across 163 Markets.

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Bahrain, In August 2019, Will Lunch The World’s Largest Under Water Theme Park, Covering An Area Of ~100,000 Square Meters. It Will Comprise The Largest Intentionally Submerged Plane, A Boeing 747. The Plane Was Sunk To A Depth Of 20 Meters To Create An Artificial Reef To Promote Marine Life And Revive Local Ecosystems.

For The Fourth Time In A Row, Chick-fil-A Has Been Rated As The Best Fast Food Restaurant In American By The American Customer Service Index. The Rating Was Based On Factors Like Eatery’s Accuracy, Food Quality, Menu Variety, Cleanliness, Staff Behavior, And Website Satisfaction. McDonald’s Ranked Lowest On The 2019 List.

Nevada Has Become The First USA State To Pass A Law, AB 132, Which Makes It Unlawful For Any Employer To Refuse Employment To Anyone Who Fails The Marijuana Drug Screening Test. The Law, Which Takes Effect January 2020, However, Does Not Apply To Jobs As Firefighters, Emergency Medical Technicians, Or Jobs That Are Federal Funded.

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