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Elizabeth Anne Holmes (born February 3, 1984) is an American businesswoman convicted of fraud in connection with her health technology company Theranos . [ 2 ] Holmes founded Theranos in 2003, and its valuation soared in the early 2010s after it claimed to have revolutionized blood testing by developing methods that needed only very small volumes of blood, such as from a fingerprick . [ 3 ] [ 4 ]...

Comic book advertisements are a common feature in American comic books mainly from the 1940s onwards. As these advertisements were directed at young people, many made sensational claims, [1] and sold the products for a few dollars or less, to be sent to a post office box. Products offered included novelty items , toys, and self-improvement courses such as drawing and body building.

Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948) is an English businessman, and former television presenter, radio DJ, writer and producer. Edmonds first became known as a disc jockey on Radio Luxembourg before moving to BBC Radio 1 in the UK, presenting its breakfast show for almost five years. He presented various radio shows and light-entertainment television programmes, originally working for the B...

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Count Juan Raphael Dante (born John Timothy Keehan ; February 2, 1939 – May 25, 1975) was an American martial artist figure during the 1960s and 1970s who claimed he could do extraordinary feats such as Dim Mak . [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Matthias Buchinger (German: [maˈtiːas ˈbʊxɪŋɐ] ; June 2, 1674 – January 17, 1740), sometimes called Matthew Buckinger in English, was a German artist , magician , calligrapher , and performer who was born without hands or feet and was 2 ft 5 in (74 cm) tall. [1] Buchinger was especially noted for his micrography , in which illustrations consist of very small text. [2] [3]

A shark repellent is any method of driving sharks away from an area. Shark repellents are a category of animal repellents . Shark repellents are of interest to the commercial fishing industry as well as to swimmers, surfers, and other people in the ocean. Shark repellent technologies include magnetic shark repellent , electropositive shark repellents , electric repellents , and semiochemicals . So...

The expedition aimed to find if there was a connection between the Congo and Niger basins of western and central Africa . Tuckey sailed up the river from its mouth but found that the lower river is not navigable due to rapids (later called the Yellala Falls ) above Matadi. He only found ruins of the Portuguese colony and moribund Catholic missions . He suggested sending Protestant missionaries to...

The  FIFA World Cup  is an international  association football  competition among the senior  men's national teams  of the members of the  Fédération Internationale de Football Association  (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the  inaugural tournament in 1930 , with the exception of 1942 and 1946 during and shortly after  World War II . Th...

Vivos  (also known as  The Vivos Group ) is a  California -based company that built underground  shelters  designed to withstand future disasters and life-extinction catastrophes. [ 1 ]  Robert Vicino founded the company. Shelters  10,000-square-foot (0.093  ha) have been completed in Indiana, 575 bunkers each 2,150 square feet across a former military base in [ 2 ]  South Dakota, and others are i...

A non-fungible token ( NFT ) is a unique digital identifier that is recorded on a blockchain and is used to certify ownership and authenticity. They typically contain references to digital files such as artworks, photos, videos, and audio. Because NFTs are uniquely identifiable, they differ from cryptocurrencies (which are fungible , hence the name non-fungible token), and as a result they cannot...

Pixelon was an American dot-com company founded in 1998 that promised better distribution of high-quality video over the Internet . It was based in San Juan Capistrano, California . [1] It gained fame for its extravagant Las Vegas launch party , followed by its sudden and violent decline less than a year later as it became evident it was using technologies that were, in fact, fake or misrepresente...

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Assata Olugbala Shakur  ( / ə ˈ s ɑː t ə   ʃ ə ˈ k ʊər /   ə-SAH-tə shə-KOOR ; born  JoAnne Deborah Byron , July 16, 1947 [ a ]  – September 25, 2025) was an American political activist, revolutionary, and  fugitive  who was a member of the  Black Panther Party , and later the  Black Liberation Army . [ 3 ]  In 1977, she was convicted of the first-degree murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner F...

James R. McClintock, with Horace Lawson Hunley and Baxter Watson, built the submarine Pioneer at New Orleans in 1861 to defend the city against Federal forces. The three men later constructed two submarines at Mobile, Alabama, the second of which was named H.L. Hunley. This vessel was taken to Charleston, South Carolina, in August 1863. On 17 February 1864, after two fatal accidents, the refurbish...

Byford Dolphin was a semi-submersible , column-stabilised drilling rig operated by Dolphin Drilling , a subsidiary of Fred Olsen Energy . Byford Dolphin was registered in Hamilton, Bermuda , [3] and drilled seasonally for various companies in the British, Danish, and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea . In 2019, Dolphin scrapped the rig. [5] The rig was the site of several serious incidents, most...

AOC's Billionaire Bull Session, Did Steven Spielberg earn his wealth? What about Oprah? Jay-Z? By Matthew Hennessey, Wall Street Journal You can earn a billion dollars, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a low opinion of human potential., Editorial Board - Washington Post I don't resent Bezos. I'm rooting for billionaires like him. | Opinion, Nicole Russell- USA TODAY Billionaires Rock, We ought to buil...

The  News of the World  was a weekly national " red top "  tabloid newspaper  published every Sunday in the  United Kingdom  from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the world's highest-selling English-language newspaper, and at closure still had one of the highest English-language circulations. [ 4 ]  It was established as a  broadsheet  by John Browne Bell, who identified crime, sensation and vice...

Rinca [ a ]  is a small  island  near  Komodo  and  Flores  island,  East Nusa Tenggara ,  Indonesia , within the  West Manggarai Regency . It is one of the three largest islands included in  Komodo National Park . The island is famous for  Komodo dragons , giant lizards that can measure up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) long. Rinca is also populated with many other species such as  wild pigs ,  buffalos an...

Jasper Maskelyne  (29 September 1902 – 15 March 1973) was a British  stage magician  in the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of an established family of stage magicians, the son of  Nevil Maskelyne  and a grandson of  John Nevil Maskelyne . He is most remembered for his accounts of his work for the British military during the  Second World War , in which he claimed to have created large-scale ruses, de...

A vending machine is an automated machine that dispenses items such as snacks , beverages , cigarettes , and lottery tickets to consumers after cash , a credit card , or other forms of payment are inserted into the machine or payment is otherwise made. [1] The first modern vending machines were developed in England in the early 1880s and dispensed postcards . Vending machines exist in many countri...

Production problems—among them bad weather, actors' poor health, and other issues—delayed the filming of Apocalypse Now , increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of its director, Francis Ford Coppola .

The Salt Path  is a 2018 memoir, nature, and travel book by  Raynor Winn . It details the long-distance walk along the  South West Coast Path , in  South West England , by Winn and her husband, Moth, after they lost their home, and Moth was diagnosed with fatal  corticobasal degeneration  (CBD). It deals with the theme of  homelessness  and the nature of home in the face of the unpredictability of...

Nzinga  or  Njinga Ana de Sousa Mbande  ( / n ə ˈ z ɪ ŋ ɡ ə / ;  c.  1583 – 17 December 1663) was a southwest African  paramount ruler  who ruled as a queen of the  Ambundu  Kingdoms of  Ndongo  (1624–1663) and  Matamba  (1631–1663), located in present-day  northern Angola . [ 1 ]  Born into  the ruling family of Ndongo , her grandfather Ngola Kilombo Kia Kasenda was the king of Ndongo, succeeded...

Looksmaxxing is a 21st century Internet neologism referring to the process of maximizing one's own physical attractiveness . The term originated on male incel (meaning: "involuntarily celibate") [1] message boards in the 2010s. [2] [3] [4] Previously, the phrase's usage had been limited to obscure internet forums, but in the 2020s became popularized on TikTok by men. [3] Currently, the term refers...