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June 4, 2019

During the time of the Great Depression, a banker convinced struggling families in Quincy, Florida to buy Coca-Cola shares which traded at $19. Later, the town became the single richest town per capita in the US with at least 67 millionaires.

The Town of Coca-Cola Millionaires A small town in Florida was once the richest town per capita in the United States, all thanks to one shrewd businessman who urged his fellow townspeople to invest in Coca-Cola shares while they were still cheap. In the midst of the Great Depression of the ’20s and ’30s, a […]

During the time of the Great Depression, a banker convinced struggling families in Quincy, Florida to buy Coca-Cola shares which traded at $19. Later, the town became the single richest town per capita in the US with at least 67 millionaires. Read More »

Arnold Schwarzenegger was not too keen on playing the Terminator in the 1984 film “The Terminator”. He wanted to play Kyle Reese, the good guy. When asked about his casting as Terminator, he said “Oh some shit movie I’m doing” and its “Low profile” enough to not damage his career.

The Terminator Casting Arnold Schwarzenegger as our Terminator, on the other hand, shouldn’t have worked. The guy is supposed to be an infiltration unit, and there’s no way you wouldn’t spot a Terminator in a crowd instantly if they all looked like Arnold. It made no sense whatsoever. But the beauty of movies is that

Arnold Schwarzenegger was not too keen on playing the Terminator in the 1984 film “The Terminator”. He wanted to play Kyle Reese, the good guy. When asked about his casting as Terminator, he said “Oh some shit movie I’m doing” and its “Low profile” enough to not damage his career. Read More »

Meet a species of human that grew no larger than a modern 3-year-old child and lived on a remote island in Indonesia 18,000 years ago. These humans lived alongside Homo sapiens. They manufactured sophisticated stone tools, hunted elephants, and more, all with a brain only 1/3 the size of ours.

Hobbit-Like Human Ancestor Found in Asia Scientists have found skeletons of a hobbit-like species of human that grew no larger than a three-year-old modern child. The tiny humans, who had skulls about the size of grapefruits, lived with pygmy elephants and Komodo dragons on a remote island in Indonesia 18,000 years ago. Australian and Indonesian

Meet a species of human that grew no larger than a modern 3-year-old child and lived on a remote island in Indonesia 18,000 years ago. These humans lived alongside Homo sapiens. They manufactured sophisticated stone tools, hunted elephants, and more, all with a brain only 1/3 the size of ours. Read More »