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There are rumours — of varying degrees of legitimacy — that Donald Trump has floated the idea of buying Greenland from Denmark. This wouldn’t be the first time the USA had increased its territory by direct purchase (the Louisiana Purchase was a thing, after all), but it would be the first time it had happened in a long time.
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So long and thanks for all the fish.
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Here at VIMES we like our comedy. For example, some folks like their strangers tall, dark and handsome, but we’ll happily settle for funny looking. Not saying a good set of knockers doesn’t beat a well timed knock-knock joke, but a good joke will get panties wet with more reliability then diaphonized eroticism.
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Where did humans first come together to build cities? where was the first place to create writing systems? to make pottery and use metals? to domesticate animals? and to develop complex social structures involving class systems? These are the hallmarks of civilization.
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In case you’ve lived your whole life under a rock, here’s a quick recap. The show follows a pair of FBI special agents, Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) as they investigate X-Files: hopeless cases that involve supernatural phenomena. Mulder believed in nearly everything being paranormal, but Scully wasn’t easily convinced – a fun twist on the usual “rational man/irrational woman” trope found in similar shows.
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Smoking is particularly unhealthy in Australia.
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The 90’s and 2000’s were a rich breeding ground for some of the best science-fiction to ever grace television screens. Firefly was one of the most groundbreaking shows of the era and fans are still hurting as to how short lived its run was.
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If you love computers like we do, then you’ve probably ended up on Reddit a time or two yourself. Scratch the surface of Reddit and you will soon discover it is so much more than the breeding ground of dickbutt memes, Reddit has a “sub” for every topic and is an awesome resource for IT industry news and learning… and dickbutt memes.
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A product of the late 90s, Farscape could – and Continue Reading
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While Tinder is definitely a very visual medium, statistics are on your side! Even if you did fall from the ugly tree (and hit every branch on the way down), the odds are good that you will still get a few matches and then you will find yourself needing the perfect opening sentence to seal the deal.
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“It was like seeing a T. rex in the water – this lineage has been around for 100 times as long as Homo-erectus, the ancient ancestor of humans, and these sharks haven’t changed that much.”
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This article is scientifically proven to make you smarter!
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Fast radio bursts (FRB) have been puzzling scientists since they Continue Reading
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The prehistoric relatives of today’s crocodiles may have not had Continue Reading
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Ah, video games. We’ve all heard tales of people who are able to play them in moderation. Don’t get your hopes up, though – those people were likely just playing the wrong games.
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Standing at a staggering height of 828 meters above the Continue Reading
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The Walking Dead comic series, created by Robert Kirkman and Continue Reading
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The moon is suddenly a hot topic of conversation again Continue Reading
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Mining corporation owners are all salivating over the potential of space as a new landscape ripe to be tilled. One of the biggest asteroids in the solar system, 16 Psyche, is thought to be composed of so much gold, iron, and nickel that every person living on planet earth could become a billionaire.
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An MSP in Scotland is in hot water after their claims to be able to “decrypt” files encrypted by ransomware was found to be them actually paying the ransom, and charging their client a tidy margin.
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Comedian Jeff May shares hard-learned tactics on how to survive and thrive at Comic Con
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Hey there nerd Linux user. OpenVPN is possibly the best VPN protocol available. It is secure, stable and invisible to your ISP. The current Linux clients didn’t work for my needs so whipped up a real quick solution that may help you folks playing along at home.
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Imagine that you stumble upon this website a thousand years from now. Assuming humanity hasn’t blown the Earth to smithereens by then, you’d likely have very advanced technology at your disposal. Hopefully, you’d even be able to travel through space far and wide. Think Star Wars, but with less angst and more tourism.
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A whole bunch of random facts to wow your friends and family.
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Anime isn’t just ninjas, robots and schoolgirls. Well, maybe it is, but the Japanese sure know how to take that core premise and make life-changing storylines.
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The Godfather is often cited as the “most perfect movie ever Continue Reading
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With great power comes great responsibility (to not be a douche).
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World of Warcraft. Protecting your virginity since 2004.
