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Flying cars: what stage has the development of prototypes of the “futuristic vehicles” par excellence reached?

Credit: Alef The flying carsalways an icon of vehicles of the future in science fiction films, are slowly becoming reality. With technological advances in recent years, prototype vehicles capable of vertical take-off and landing are attracting the attention of governments and companies around the world. These vehicles (and the companies that are developing them) promise to revolutionize urban transportation by ...

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Is the CFA Franc a French Instrument of Control of Former African Colonies? What is it and How does it Work?

Banknote image credits: Nicholas Gemini The CFA franc originated as currency of the French colonial territories in Africabut it is actually currently made up of two distinct coinseven if absolutely interchangeablerespectively called “West African CFA franc” (in French: franc Communauté Financière Africaine) and “Central African CFA franc” (in French: franc Coopération Financière en Central Afrique), used as official currencies by ...

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Creeper is the first malware in history: who developed it and why

Creeperconsidering the first example of malwarewas developed in 1971 not with malicious intent, but as experiment to test the potential of self-replicating programsIt was developed by Bob Thomasengineer of the BBN Technologiesone of the companies he created and developed ARPANETthe computer network from which the Internet originated in 1983. To cancel out the effects of Creeper, in 1972 a Reaperconsidered ...

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The longest ship ever built is the 458-meter oil tanker Seawise Giant

With a length of 458.45 meters and a gross capacity of 564,763 tonsthe oil tanker Seawise Giant – also known as Mount, Happy Giant, years Viking And Knock Nevis – was longest ship achieved in history, as also confirmed by the Guinness World Records, as well as that of the largest deadweight. This vessel was made in Japan and used ...

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Does Sleeping With Your Head To The North Improve Sleep? No, Let’s Clear Up The Pseudoscience Of Feng Shui

The Feng Shui It is an ancient Chinese Taoist practice that promises to improve the well-being of the inhabitants of an environment, by changing the arrangement of furniture elements. For example, a practice that would benefit our psycho-physical balance is sleep with your head facing north. Despite there is no scientific evidence in favor of the effects of Feng Shui, ...

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Why do emails end up in spam and how to avoid it?

If your messages of email are routinely ignored by certain contacts, they are likely to end up in their “Junk Mail” folder. This phenomenon, commonly known as spam (a term that refers to unsolicited messages, calls, or emails, often promotional), can happen for a variety of reasons. Your emails may end up in spam because your contacts may have blocked ...

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What is thanatopraxy, the care of corpses that fascinates Oriana Sabatini and has involved Dybala

There thanatopraxisfrom the Greek “thanatos” (death) and “praxis” (practice), is a set of aesthetic treatments and cures post-mortem used in Funerary field to preserve the bodies, delaying the decomposition process of the bodies of the deceased. This practice, usually far from the spotlight, has recently come to prominence thanks to a podcast by the Argentine singer Oriana Sabatiniwife of the ...

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Why is France claiming the Spanish Steps in Rome? Let’s get things straight

The famous one Spanish Stepsbuilt with French funds based on a project by Francesco De Santis between 1723 and 1725 and which rises from Spanish Steps to the Church of Trinità dei Monti, Romewas included in the List of properties owned by France inside the Italian capital. The list is present in a document, a report, that the Court of ...