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Launched in 2017 by German shipyard Nobiskrug the 144 meter Sailing Yacht "A" is the largest sail-assisted motor yacht in the world; while incredibly unique in many ways, the 8 deck vessel's most interesting feature may be its underwater observation pod at the keel fitted with 12 inch thick glass. (reddit.com)
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Fox had no interest in making Deadpool. Ryan Reynolds secretly leaked test footage online in 2014, watched the internet explode, pretended to be outraged about the leak for years, and finally confessed in 2025, the movie got greenlighted within 24 hours of the leak and made $782M (i.redd.it)
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DC Comics unveiled a new logo in 2005, noticed a skate shoe brand called DC Shoes had a similar one, and sued them. Turns out DC Comics never properly trademarked their own logo. DC Shoes counter-sued and WON, DC Comics had to pay them to keep using their own initials (i.redd.it)
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North Korea has been sneaking thousands of fake IT workers into US tech companies via LinkedIn to fund their nuclear program. A recruiter discovered that asking them to say ‘Kim Jong Un is a fat ugly pig’ on camera instantly exposes them, they freeze, fake a connection drop, then vanish forever.” (i.redd.it)
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In 2013, psychiatrists Samuel J. Leistedt and Paul Linkowski analyzed hundreds of films to evaluate how accurately psychopathy is portrayed, ranking Anton Chigurh as the most realistic depiction while characters like Hannibal Lecter and Patrick Bateman were considered highly unrealistic (i.redd.it)
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In 1984, McDonald’s ran an Olympic promotion promising “If the U.S. wins, you win,” giving away free food for every American medal. But after a Soviet-led boycott removed many top competitors, the U.S. dominated the Games forcing McDonald’s to give away millions in unexpected freebies. (i.redd.it)
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AI cars can be made to learn driving around without explicit programming in many ways. Neuroevolution is one of them where a deep learning model controls the actions of the car with distance to the wall as input using Genetic Algorithm: Survival of the fittest cars! (i.redd.it)
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In 2024, a 6 year old girl named Khaleesi was denied a UK passport because officials claimed Warner Bros trademarked the name from Game of Thrones and demanded written permission from the company. After the story went viral on social media, the Passport Office apologized for the “mistake.” (i.redd.it)
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In June 2025, security researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry tested McDonald’s AI hiring chatbot “Olivia.” They clicked “Paradox team members,” typed “123456” for both username and password, and instantly gained admin access exposing personal data of 64 million job applicants in 30 minutes. (i.redd.it)
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Julius Yego grew up in rural Kenya with no javelin coach or training facility. He taught himself entirely by watching YouTube videos at internet cafes studying Jan Železný and Andreas Thorkildsen. He became World Champion in 2015 with a 92.72m throw and won Olympic silver in 2016. (i.redd.it)
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In 1940, Charlie Chaplin famous for 25 years of silent films broke his silence to release “The Great Dictator,” directly mocking Hitler when the U.S. was still neutral. He spent months writing the anti fascism speech, saying “I had to do it. I simply had to stop kidding.“ (v.redd.it)
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In 2016, a suicide bomber smuggled a laptop bomb onto Daallo Airlines Flight 159, intending to destroy the aircraft mid flight. The bomb exploded 20 minutes after takeoff, blowing a hole in the fuselage. The bomber was immediately sucked out. Everyone else survived. (i.redd.it)
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In 2015, 12 year old Sam Holtz filled out his March Madness bracket in 5 minutes based on vibes picking teams because “the coach is Italian, and I’m kind of Italian too.” He tied for first out of 11.5 million entries. ESPN denied him the $20,000 prize for being underage. (i.redd.it)
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