China Now Wants To Ban Bitcoin Mining

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China has remained the epicentre of global cryptocurrency mining but yet the bitcoin miners have long embodied a contradiction, as cryptocurrency trading is illegal in China. 
Offerings, used to fund new blockchain projects, are banned and Chinese banks can barely touch the stuff. Now the Chinese government is proposing to ban bitcoin mining.

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How a 12-Inch Action Figure Became a Toy Legend

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GI Joe (produced by Hasbro) has been around since 1964 and became the culture of the nation—just like Barbie did in 1959. GI Joe was a role model to generations of children. To avoid the word “doll”, GI Joe was known as an "action figure". Here’s how G.I. Joe got started....

Silly-Cheap Flights To These 20 Cities This April

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Among the April offers, an up to a 63% drop is up for grabs on flights within USA  and up to 48% saving on International flights. Hopper’s price-reduction predictions have historically been accurate for about 95% percent of the time, thus is to say it’s pretty reliable for this sort of thing. 

Can You Believe This Site Is What Messed Up Our Lives?

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Many people do not use Facebook a lot these days. A recent poll determined that 60 percent of Americans don’t trust Facebook with it's data at all. Even Facebook itself seemed to admit to 'spam, click-bait, fake news, and data misuse'.

The Perfect Steak - A Definitive Guide To It

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The perfect steak should have a crusty, crunchy, well-browned exterior with a perfectly pink, juicy inside - tender meat that spans from edge to edge. 
As they say....do NOT grill a steak the way they do it at steakhouses. Why would that be? This article will reveal this statement plus how to pick the perfect steak (including the four high-end steaks you should know). 

300.4 MPH in One Mile by a 2005 Ford GT

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This 2005 Ford GT has over 2000 horsepower at the wheels, or roughly 2500 at the crank. No dyno can measure it properly. External and onboard cameras capture this amazing feat.

Don't Challenge the System: Identical Twins Ordered to Pay Child Support

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After a pair of male identical twins both refused to assume responsibility for child support, a Brazilian judge ordered both to pay support, as a DNA test proved inconclusive because of their genetic similarity...and they were blaming each other so as to escape responsibility. 

Star Wars sound effects - How did they originate?

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Are you a Star Wars fan? Ever wondered how the sounds in the movie episodes came to being? Mostly, it was down to the sound designer for the original Star Wars trilogy, Ben Burtt who was responsible for the movies’ iconic sounds. These included the lightsaber and Darth Vader’s breathing. The video explains how these sounds were created..

Hidden-Cameras: Airbnb Has a Problem

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".....then panic set in: It was almost midnight, and he was alone in the home of someone whose name he didn’t even know, apparently being recorded. What’s more, his host could have been watching as he discovered the cameras....."

It's April Fools Day - Don't Get Caught!!

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The origin of April fools day are not known to this day, but there have been many pranks pulled on unsuspecting people. Here are 51 pranks that were executed over the years - with hilarious results. Don't you get caught by something similar today!!

The Jazz Age Of The Roaring Twenties Is Captured In These Photos

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A reputation, the roaring twenties definitely had. It seems like the "Jazz Age" was a pretty awesome time to be around. However, it was a decade riddled with confrontation between old and new trains of thought. These 33 photos reveal some of the times that were had...

Queen Hated the Best Ever Live Footage of themselves

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At the Montreal Forum on 24 and 25 November 1981, Queen played for two sold out shows. Despite the shows being filmed/recorded in extremely high quality, they were also rife with controversy.

Let’s Keep This Going! #Trashtag is Trending and Awesome

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Over this past weeks, #trashtag started trending seriously on social media. People were sharing before and after photos of areas they had cleared of trash. Let's keep this going!

Vertigo - the Symptoms, Causes, Treatments, and Home Remedies

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Vertigo /ˈvəːtɪɡəʊ/ (noun) a sensation of whirling and loss of balance, associated particularly with looking down from a great height, or caused by disease affecting the inner ear or the vestibular nerve; giddiness. 

I have been having this sensation on a regular basis recently. It is not a nice feeling and wondered if anyone else also experiences this. 

Cleverly created storage spaces

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Storage space in a home is very precious and lack of it at times causes things to lie around and create clutter. How about a solution?

Foggy headlamps on your vehicle? Repair it within 3 minutes

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When headlights changed from glass lenses to clear plastic (polycarbonate), something eventually happens to it to cause discoloration. The UV rays from the sun, road debris, salt and acid rain all degrade and discolour clear plastic lenses. To add to the cause is high-intensity headlights (like halogen) generates very high temperatures which also contributes to the degradation. The attached video is an easy way to get your headlights back to new with normal household items - and it only takes you 3 minutes.

7 Myths That Need To Go Away About Cast Iron Pans

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Cast Iron....this is a versatile pan and there is no other pan that even comes close to its league. Cast iron pans do carry a myth-packed lore when it comes to their maintenance like people who claim you have to treat your cast iron cookware like a delicate glass ornament to others who claim their cast iron is non-stick or dang, does my pan heat evenly! There are many unfounded and untested claims regarding our favourite cookware. Let's put a few myths to rest.

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From A Dried Fish Exporter To Top Name In Tech - The Story Of Samsung

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Have a look at Samsung's history, starting way back in 1938, when it was founded by Byung-Chull Lee in South Korea. It had it's humble beginnings by exporting items like dried fish and flour to China. In the 1950s and 1960s they dabbled in life insurance and textiles. Samsung Electronics started in 1969 - and that's where they made an impact on most of our lives today.

11 Worst Lies That Mainstream Nutrition Has Led You To Believe

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We attempt to put the healthiest and most nutritious food on our plates, but with all the choices, it is not easy to determine what we should actually be eating. Many common beliefs what a healthy diet should like are totally wrong. Have a look at the eleven lies and myths told to us by mainstream nutrition.