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Many companies in the world diversify from their core products, which is why you see a beverage company venturing into the airline industry, but one company took “diversification” to the next level. Enter Pepsi Cola. At the height of the Cold War, Pepsi became ...

Carlo Acutis died of leukemia in 2006. He was 15 years old. Among his favorite activities were going to mass every day, receiving communion, and playing video games.He used to own a Playstation, and even before TikTok became popular, posted videos of ...

Wikipedia is 19 years old. Since its launch in 2001, it had only changed its interface once, and that was in 2010. After a decade, Wikipedia is now ready to embrace more changes to its website. Olga Vasileva, the project manager for Wikipedia’s ...

Words tend to lose their original and more poignant meaning and imagery with frequency of use, but looking back at the origins of words is an endeavor worth pursuing, especially if we want to see how the true meaning of these words ...

The year 2010 seems like yesterday, and right now, we’re in the third quarter of 2020. Ten years ago, Filipinos decided to bombard Google with these search keywords, which gave us a little nostalgia. We know this because of a tool called ...

A group of (mad) scientists who put an alligator in a helium-filled tank and made it shout just won an award. The scientists from Austria and Japan won the Ig Nobel Prize, an award that celebrates some of the world's most unorthodox experiments ...

After more than six months of lockdown, everyone is looking for something to look forward to. Look no further because in October, the skies will be blessed with two full moons: one on October 1 and another on October 31, also known ...

A Philippine Serpent Eagle was rescued in the southern city of Tacurong, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said Tuesday, helping efforts to conserve the snake-eating raptors.The eagle is in good condition at the DENR-12 Wildlife Rescue Center in Lutayan municipality, said veterinarian Neil Velasco.According to the Department of ...

Remember when Winamp was everybody’s Spotify? From the late ’90s to the mid-’00s, Winamp dominated everybody’s PC as the media player of choice. This was back at a time when bootleg copies of songs almost killed the music industry, and playing these ...