- Messi Is The Egyptian King
In the Egyptian city of Zagazig, a doppelganger of football royalty Lionel Messi, resides. His name is Islam Battah and he bears a striking resemblance to the world class footballer.The kids of the orphanage in the city flock around the Egyptian painter regardless of his footballing ability.
- Spur Of The Moment
A group of three friends, hailing from the north Indian city of Chandigarh, now in their 60s decided to beat the pandemic blues and go on a road trip. The plan was set only through a phone call and they travelled a total of 4,500km in just a month and 10 days. Their story proves that age is just a number.
- Cinnamon Shrimp Crunch For Breakfast?
Jensen Karp, a Los Angeles native, found a cinnamon and sugar coated shrimp tail in his Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal. The parent company, General Mills, insisted that it was an “accumulation of the cinnamon sugar that sometimes can occur when ingredients aren’t thoroughly blended.” Karp has accused them of gaslighting the entire episode and insists that they were Shrimp Tails.
- Generational Poverty
As of 2018, around one-third of 80,000 Holocaust Survivors residing in the United States of America live in poverty according to The Blue Card Foundation.John Pregulman and Amy Pregulman, on seeing the plight of these people started a non-profit called KAVOD – meaning dignity in Hebrew.
- Brazil Takes A Big Bite Out Of Apple
Not the fruit of course. As we all know, Apple has taken out the charging adaptor included with the phone. Although people have slowly made their peace with this, Procon-SP, the Brazilian consumer protection regulator, fined Apple an eye watering 2 million Dollars (14.5 crore Rupees).
- Skynet On The Rise
Yes, it’s a Terminator reference. Sophia, a humanoid robot, unveiled in 2016, created a digital artwork that sold for more 688,888 dollars (around 5 crore rupees) at an auction.
The artwork was produced in collaboration with Italian digital artist Andrea Bonaceto.
- A Few Billion And Some Change
American multinational company, Microsoft, is interested in buying video game chatting application, Discord, for a reported fee of 10 billion dollars. According to reports, Discord would rather go public rather than sell itself.
- There’s Something Out There
Bacteria has been found aboard the International Space Station. Four species of rod-shaped bacteria were found and one of which has been named after Indian biodiversity scientist, Seyed Ajmal Khan.