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Nike Alphafly

Nike Created the Alphaflys That Were So Advanced That They were Banned from the Tokyo Olympics because They Were Considered Technological Doping.

Nike, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells footwear, clothes, equipment, accessories, and services worldwide. It is the world’s largest provider of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with the fiscal year 2020 revenue of more than US$37.4 billion. But did you know that […]

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Shawn Bradley

Shaw Bradley, a Former NBA Player, Got Into a Bike Accident in 2021 and was Paralyzed. He Described His Height to be a Hindrance to His Recovery.

Shawn Paul Bradley is a German-American former professional basketball player who played center for the National Basketball Association’s Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, and Dallas Mavericks. Bradley, nicknamed the Stormin’ Mormon, is one of the NBA’s tallest players, standing 7 feet 6 inches. But what happened to him back in 2021? Shawn Bradley, a former

Shaw Bradley, a Former NBA Player, Got Into a Bike Accident in 2021 and was Paralyzed. He Described His Height to be a Hindrance to His Recovery. Read More »

Rust Corrosion

Rust has an Estimated Worldwide Annual Cost of $2.5 Trillion. By Implementing Corrosion Prevention Best Practices Global Savings Can Reach About $875 Billion.

Rust is an iron oxide, typically reddish-brown oxide formed by the catalytic reaction of iron and oxygen in the presence of water or air moisture. Rust comprises hydrous iron oxides and iron oxide-hydroxide and is commonly associated with refined iron corrosion. But did you know that rust costs a lot in damages worldwide? The global

Rust has an Estimated Worldwide Annual Cost of $2.5 Trillion. By Implementing Corrosion Prevention Best Practices Global Savings Can Reach About $875 Billion. Read More »

Bobbi Gibb Boston Marathon

Bobbi Gibb is the First Woman to Run in the Boston Marathon in 1966. She was Rejected When She Applied because Women were Thought to be Physiologically Incapable of Running a Full Marathon.

The Boston Marathon is an annual race held in the greater Boston area of eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots’ Day, which is every third Monday of April. It was founded in 1897 in response to the success of the first marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics. But did you

Bobbi Gibb is the First Woman to Run in the Boston Marathon in 1966. She was Rejected When She Applied because Women were Thought to be Physiologically Incapable of Running a Full Marathon. Read More »

Checkmate

A Chess Player in the Dutch Open Championship in the 1990s Deliberately Threw a Game by Getting Mated in Three Moves Because He Did Not Want to be Late for Madonna’s Concert.

Chess is a two-player board game that is sometimes referred to as Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from related games like xiangqi and shogi. The game’s current form emerged in Spain and the rest of Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century, evolving from chaturanga, a similar but much

A Chess Player in the Dutch Open Championship in the 1990s Deliberately Threw a Game by Getting Mated in Three Moves Because He Did Not Want to be Late for Madonna’s Concert. Read More »

Razor Blade

The Razor and Blades Business Model is Used to Describe a Product Sold at a Low Price to Increase Complementary Product Sales.

The Razor and Blades Business Model was developed and popularized by the founder of Gillette, King Camp Gillette. He had a clear vision of how he wanted the market to work for him, stating that he could manipulate it through the said business model. But what is the Razor and Blades Model exactly, and how

The Razor and Blades Business Model is Used to Describe a Product Sold at a Low Price to Increase Complementary Product Sales. Read More »

Broke NBA Players

According to Sports Illustrated, About 60% of Former NBA Players Go Broke within 5 Years of Retirement. Whereas 78% of Former NFL Players Reach Bankruptcy within 2 Years of Retirement.

Pro athletes are frequently chastised for earning far too much money. However, a surprising number are not at the top of their game regarding wealth management. But did you know more NFL players reach bankruptcy before NBA players? According to a Sports Illustrated article from 2009, 60% of former NBA players are bankrupt within five

According to Sports Illustrated, About 60% of Former NBA Players Go Broke within 5 Years of Retirement. Whereas 78% of Former NFL Players Reach Bankruptcy within 2 Years of Retirement. Read More »

Ian Clarke, Freenet

Freenet is the World’s First Darknet and is Often Cited as the Beginning of the “Dark Web.” This was Originally a Thesis by a Student from Edinburgh University.

The dark web is a hidden collective of internet websites that can only be accessible by a special web browser. It is often used for keeping internet activity anonymous and for illegal activities. But did you know how the dark web came to be? Freenet, the first darknet and often cited as the start of

Freenet is the World’s First Darknet and is Often Cited as the Beginning of the “Dark Web.” This was Originally a Thesis by a Student from Edinburgh University. Read More »

Kidney for sale

Iran is the Only Country Where Selling Your Organs is Legal. Supply Always Meets the Demand. You Can Purchase a Kidney for $231, and the Government Subsidizes the Cost.

The term organ sale refers to a variety of different practices. People commonly associate it with a situation in which one person who requires or desires money sells his or her kidney to another who needs a kidney. But did you know that it was legal to sell organs in Iran? Iran is the only

Iran is the Only Country Where Selling Your Organs is Legal. Supply Always Meets the Demand. You Can Purchase a Kidney for $231, and the Government Subsidizes the Cost. Read More »

Koshien

Players on Losing Teams in the Japanese National High School Baseball Championship Bring Home a Pouch of Dirt from the Field as a Remembrance of their Time on the Grounds of Koshien.

Koshien refers to the two annual baseball tournaments that involve high schools from all across the country and conclude with a championship game at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan. The National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in the spring is coordinated by the Japan High School Baseball Federation in collaboration with Mainichi Shimbun. But

Players on Losing Teams in the Japanese National High School Baseball Championship Bring Home a Pouch of Dirt from the Field as a Remembrance of their Time on the Grounds of Koshien. Read More »