Alan Shepard smuggled a modified 6-iron onto a $25 billion moon mission and claimed his shot went 'miles and miles and miles.' Fifty years later, someone finally measured. The truth is funnier.
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Johannes Gutenberg was the original pivot master. But his first business wasn't some app nobody wanted. It was holy mirror souvenirs for pilgrims. When plague ruined his plans, he accidentally invented the printing press.
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A story about vinyl records, The Monkees, and the woman whose innovation changed how we interact with computers forever. Sometimes the most important inventions come from fixing simple mistakes.
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Tech companies and their pet billionaires are racing to build computer data centers in space. How could it possibly be profitable to send computers into space to run AI apps? The answers might surprise you.
Read full newsletter → When you picture the Great Seal of the United States, you probably imagine the fierce bald eagle. But that wasn't the obvious choice back in 1776. Benjamin Franklin proposed a turkey, Jefferson wanted Moses and the Red Sea, and the debate was gloriously messy.
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Rather than share the tired old 'real' Thanksgiving story, approach Thanksgiving weekend from a different angle. One that includes turkey weekend, college rivalries and perhaps the greatest college prank ever.
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