A few years back China banned importing waste from other countries. This became quite the story because it turned out that the US had a bit of a dirty secret. They were dumping a lot of their plastic recycling waste on China. Thankfully, China has since put a stop to that, but is it true that most of our recycling is going to landfill, or being exported to become another countries problem, and does recycling actually even work?
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Voting
There’s a saying “Just because you do not take an interest in politics, doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you”. For those of us who live in some form of a modern democracy, voting is often one of the most direct ways that we can determine the leaders and futures of the places we live.
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The Wayback Machine
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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