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" After a couple deadly crashes grounded Boeing’s 737-MAX two years ago, the aircraft has finally be

" The biggest vaccination effort in world history is underway. But with that, of course, comes a hos

" Starbucks is accelerating its plans to open more small format locations, adding more contactless o

" Wikipedia’s first official edit was on January 15, 2001, and since then, the nonprofit has built t

" Remember how we used to go to this place every weekday and spend the whole entire day with a roomf

" Not surprisingly, theater revenue was down 70 percent in 2020, and the pandemic boosted an already

" South Africa’s Kruger National Park is one of the world’s top safari destinations. Its vast area –

" You know what’s the worst? Remembering passwords. But you know what else is the worst? Getting you

" 2020 was a guessing game. We never knew what the next month was going to throw at us. Hopefully, 2

" It’s hard to believe that we started the year with Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex stepping

" Just when you thought things were getting really weird… Mysterious monolith sculptures have been p

" Less than a year after the first case of COVID-19, the vaccine rollout has officially begun. But d

" Diego Maradona is widely considered one of soccer’s all-time greatest players. He broke many recor

" This week we are celebrating one of the greatest composers of all time. It’s Beethoven’s 250th bir

" Cyber Monday has become a worldwide phenomenon where people shop online deals from the end of Octo

" Black Friday used to be a fun family tradition for when families got together for the long Thanksg

" NASA scientists have discovered water on the dark side of the Moon. Until recently, researchers ha

" In 2016, Trump campaigned on radical slogans and ideas, like building a wall along the Mexican bor

" Finally, some encouraging news in 2020. Pfizer, the global pharmaceutical company, announced that

" Just like everything else in 2020, the American presidential campaign season was far from normal.