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The world’s biggest employers

Who do you think is the world’s biggest employer? One of the global players which make huge revenue? Well, Walmart is on the list, but ranks only on the 3rd place. The first two ranks are occupied by the US

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Al Bundy and his star on the “Walk of Fame”

Ed O’Neill (better known as Al Bundy in “Married… with Children“) got his star on the walk of fame on August 30th, 2011. Honor to whom honor is due and thanks for the large number of episodes that entertained me

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The land nobody wants

Bir Tawil is a 2060 square kilometer large area on the border between Egypt and Sudan. The interesting thing is that neither of the two countries claim the area for their territory. Although from a historical point of view both

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Do lab coats make you more clever?

Here is an interesting article that summarizes the results from a psychological study carried out at the Northwestern University in Illinois. Probands had to take a Stroop Test, whereas one group was given white lab coats. The test results showed

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Spray-on antennas

It may sound like utopia, but Chamtech Operations presented their new nanotechnology-based spray-on antenna technology at Google’s Solve for X forum. This idea is that one sprays the material on any kind of surface and the nanotech particles turn into

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Cops not allows wearing NYPD gear after work

The New York Police Department (NYPD) is not only Americas biggest police force, but it is maybe the one that is most known around the globe. And since the department has gained national and international fame and popularity, a variety

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ESA’s new launcher: VEGA

The European Space Agency has been working for almost 14 years on a rocket that is capable to launch small payloads between 300 kg and 2 tons. It will help to lift (small) satellites into polar or low Earth orbits,

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New Year’s Concert lottery

The Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert is an even that is broadcasted all over the world and which attracts several million of music fans in front of their TVs. A few people are lucky to get tickets (mostly those from

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The power of the sun

This summer is hot. Not only hot, but for me it appears to be endless and every morning starts with temperatures around 30 degrees. This I am sweating when I go to the office, I sweat when I go outside

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10,000 visitors

When checking my page counter this morning I saw that this blog had its ten thousandth visitor on September 1st. I know that this is quite poor compared to other pages and 10,000 visitors is nothing to normal blogs that

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