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Yes you can: Malik Sinegal became the youngest certified Boeing 777 pilot in the world at age 23! He also broke the ceiling as the youngest Black pilot in the…

The real-world “Ironman”, Elon Musk, has surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the richest man in the world! Buoyed in part by his Tesla stocks growing over 600% in 2020,…

2020 is not over yet… while the world got some fun with metallic monoliths popping up around the globe, a giant head sculpture has washed up on the shores of…

Time travel 57,000 years: gold miners in Canada’s Yukon province discovered a nearly perfectly in tact female wolf in melting permafrost! Due to global climate change and permafrost melting around…

Earthlings have humor! A month after a “mysterious” metallic monolith was discovered in the high deserts of Utah, some 87 other copy-cat monolith pranks have appeared around the world. Most…

As part of an annual national tradition, Japan has picked its 2020 word of the year: “Mitsu”. The word means “dense”, and the term “San-Mitsu” was widely used to promote…

Billionaire founder of Twitter and Square, Jack Dorsey, has personally donated $15 million to pilot a UBI (Universal Basic Income) program in 9 U.S. cities! Many similar program are now…

Talk about breaking the glass ceiling! The U.S. Navy has announced that it has chosen its first female commander of a nuclear powered U.S. Aircraft carrier! Amy Bauernschmidt will go…

First it was in Utah, now another mysterious metallic “monolith” has suddenly appeared this time in Romania! It was reportedly found standing on the Bâtca Doamnei plateau, near an archaeological…

Officers for Utah’s Department of Public Safety has stumbled upon a strange and enigmatic monolith in the middle of rural Utah! The shiny object stands 10 to 12 feet high…

Amazing discoveries and hidden secrets revealed: archeologists have uncovered more than 160 mummies in Saqqara, Egypt, the Egyptian “city of the dead”. Mummies in perfect preservation were opened for research…

A feel good story out of Chongqing, China: British Diplomat Stephen Ellison, 61, saved the life of a local drowning woman, and is being hailed a “hero”, “role model” and…

In another sign of diversity, the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) has hired the first woman and Asian American general manager for the Miami Marlons! Kim Ng previously had served…

Animal meat alternatives continue to go mainstream! Pizza Hut has announced their Beyond Meat Italian Sausage Pizza. Many global fast food chains are now racing to make meat alternatives available…

In another win for diversity, the U.S. Naval Academy has announced the selection of Sydney Barber, the first African American woman to serve as a brigade commander! Having interned at…

In a heartwarming story that the human spirit can overcome one’s challenges, Chris Nikic, 21, became the first athlete with Down Syndrome to finish an Ironman triathlon. He earned himself…

In a sign of more modernization in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the government has announced the relaxation of Islamic personal laws. Unmarried UAE citizens may now cohabitate, alcohol restrictions…

In a history making event, Kamala Harris is poised to become the first female, African-American, and Indian-American Vice President of the United States of America! World leaders from around the…

In another win for diversity in corporate America, a woman will become CEO of drug store giant, CVS! Karen Lynch was a top executive at Athena, and represents the 40th…

In rare genuinely good news coming out of North Korea: the country has banned smoking in public places to “protect lives and health”. Smoking will now be banned in theaters,…