Shark Repellent
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A shark repellent is any method of driving away from an area. Shark repellents are a category of . 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 , , , and . Some electric repellents may reduce shark interactions with by about half, depending on the product, the type of shark, and other factors; the other types are not expected to have a significant protective effect for swimmers.
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The Congo River Expedition
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The expedition aimed to find if there was a connection between the Congo and basins of western and central . Tuckey sailed up the river from its mouth but found that the lower river is not navigable due to rapids (later called the ) above Matadi. He only found ruins of the colony and moribund . He suggested sending Protestant missionaries to the Congo. He explored the river up to . Most of the officers and crew died of fever and Tuckey himself died on 14 October 1816, aged 40, in , on the coast of today's . The expedition was a failure but raised interest in the exploration of Africa.
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The FIFA World Cup
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The FIFA World Cup is an international competition among the senior of the members of the (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the , with the exception of 1942 and 1946 during and shortly after . The reigning champion is , who won their second title at the 23rd edition of the competition, the , by defeating the holders, .
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Vivos xPoint and Failed Utopias
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Vivos (also known as The Vivos Group) is a -based company that built underground designed to withstand future disasters and life-extinction catastrophes. 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 South Dakota, and others are in the process of construction. As of September 2022, Vicino stated that the company has approximately 100,000 members, of whom more than 1,000 have bought space in one or more of...
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NFTs
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A non-fungible token (NFT) is a unique digital identifier that is recorded on a and is used to certify ownership and authenticity. They typically contain references to such as artworks, photos, videos, and audio. Because NFTs are uniquely identifiable, they differ from (which are , hence the name non-fungible token), and as a result they cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided. Their ownership can be transferred by the owner, allowing NFTs to be sold and traded.
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Pixelon and the $16 Million iBash
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Pixelon was an American founded in 1998 that promised better distribution of high-quality video over the . It was based in . It gained fame for its extravagant Las Vegas , 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 misrepresented. Its founder, "Michael Fenne", was actually David Kim Stanley, a convicted felon involved in stock scams who was "on the lam and living out of the back of his car" when he arrived in California two years earlier. In the year 2000, Pixelon began to fire employees and...
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The King of the Ferret Leggers
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From: https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/essays/ferret-legging-outside-classic/
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Assata Shakur
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Assata Olugbala Shakur ( ; born JoAnne Deborah Byron, July 16, 1947 – September 25, 2025) was an American political activist, revolutionary, and who was a member of the , and later the . In 1977, she was convicted of the first-degree murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the in 1973. She escaped from prison in 1979 and was wanted by the , with a $1 million reward for information leading to her capture, and an additional $1 million reward offered by the . She was never caught and remained a...
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James R. McClintock
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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 refurbished H.L. Hunley became the first submarine to successfully attack an enemy warship when she sank USS Housatonic off Charleston.
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The Byford Dolphin Incident
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Byford Dolphin was a , column-stabilised operated by , a subsidiary of . Byford Dolphin was registered in , and drilled seasonally for various companies in the British, Danish, and Norwegian sectors of the . In 2019, Dolphin scrapped the rig. The rig was the site of several serious incidents, most notably an in 1983 that killed four divers and one dive tender, as well as critically injuring another dive tender.
info_outlinePixelon 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 misrepresented.[2] Its founder, "Michael Fenne", was actually David Kim Stanley, a convicted felon involved in stock scams who was "on the lam and living out of the back of his car" when he arrived in California two years earlier.[1][3] In the year 2000, Pixelon began to fire employees and reduce its operations until its bankruptcy.[4][5] Pixelon ousted their management team and filed for bankruptcy in June 2000.[6]