The library of Alexandria was one of the most famous libraries of the ancient world. The library was supposedly burned down, and with it, all the years of intellectual progress contained within it. This was the inspiration of a very Silicon Valley project, the Wayback machine.
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The Five-Day Work Week
The 40 hour, 5 day work week became the norm for industrialised countries almost 90 years ago, and it hasn’t changed much since. So why are we still working on average 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, and does it still work all these years later?
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Guinness
Some European countries like France or Italy are known for incredible food cultures. Ireland on the other hand, is better known for their drinking than eating. Our Whiskey's and Coffee's are fairly well known worldwide, but we’re probably best known for Guinness. It is, after all, our national drink. So what makes a national drink, and why is Guinness ours?
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Domain Names
There's a fantastic list of the most expensive domain names on Wikipedia. The most expensive so far is voice.com that was bought for $30 million. So why are domain names going for such crazy sums of money these days?
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Leap Years
Happy leap year! It's pretty easy to figure out when we have a leap year, right? Nothing about time is what it seems. Let's find out why.
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