They’ve got Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel and Al Pacino, Ray Romano, and Scorsese to direct The Irishman. It is final! As soon as Paramount pulled out from the…
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Known to be one of the most brilliant men of our century, Prof. Stephen Hawking has passed away at 76. Diagnosed with motor neuron disease at 21, Stephen Hawking had lived…
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Bones discovered on Nikumaroro island in the Pacific Ocean in 1940 are believed to belong to famed US pilot Amelia Earhart. In 1928, Amelia Earhart became the first woman aviator to…
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Although not practiced here in Qatar, many parts of the world have something called Daylight Saving Time. As seasons change, many countries around the world either set their clocks back or…
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The small plastic thing inside your pizza box is called a pizza saver and we know its full history. Originally patented as the package saver, a pizza saver is also sometimes…
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Nobuo Fujita, a Japanese WWII fighter pilot became an honorary citizen of Brookings, Oregon, 20 years after bombing it. If you can put aside all the death and violence, from a…
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The island nation of Nauru was considered to be the richest country in 1980, but 28 years later it’s one of the poorest. What happened? Nauru is a small 21-square kilometer…
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Comedian/actor Jack Black gives us an intriguing look into the life of the the Polka King Jan Lewan. Premiering on Netflix just a few days ago, The Polka King, starring Jack…
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It’s an age-long question no one ever thinks about. But the human race have not been wearing pants for that long. So where did this revolutionary invention that we today take…
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On Bay of Bengal lies North Sentinel Island, an Indian territory which is home to the uncontacted Sentinelese people. While India exercises administration over all of the Andaman Islands in the…