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Featured
Starlink Brings Internet to Remote Tribe. They Get Hooked to Porn
Elon Musk’s efforts to bring internet access to a secluded Amazonian tribe have backfired, according to tribal elders who blame social media and pornography for tearing the community apart. Nine…
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International
Tokyo government to launch dating app to boost birthrate
Pedestrians cross the intersection at Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo  Image: AFP Japan’s capital will launch its own dating app as early as this summer as part of government efforts to boost the…
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6 June
Celebrating life and legacy of Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann (15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912. Life and Career Gerhart Hauptmann…
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World History
Chantal Akerman: Exploring Feminism, Identity, and Cinema
Chantal Akerman (6 June 1950 – 5 October 2015) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and film professor at the City College of New York.
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Today in History
6 June in Indian and World History
6 June in Indian and World History is celebrated, observed, and remembered for various reasons. 6 June is the birth anniversary of Giridhar Sharma Navratna, Gopinath Bordoloi, Masti Venkatesha Iyengar,…
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World History
Alexander Pushkin: The Poetic Soul of Russia
Alexander Pushkin (6 June 1799– 10 February 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet…
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World History
Fasia Jansen: A Voice for Women’s Rights and Social Justice
Fasia Jansen (6 June 1929 – 29 December 1997) was a German political singer-songwriter and peace activist.
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Heinrich Rohrer: Exploring the Nanoscale World with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Heinrich Rohrer (6 June 1933 – 16 May 2013) was a Swiss physicist who made significant contributions to the field of nanotechnology. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics…
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World History
Angelo Moriondo: Italian Inventor and Pioneer of Espresso Machines
Angelo Moriondo (6 June 1851 – 31 May 1914) was an Italian inventor, who is usually credited with patenting the earliest known espresso machine, in 1884. His machine used a…
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Karl Ferdinand Braun: Innovating the Pathways of Wireless Communication
Karl Ferdinand Braun (6 June 1850 – 20 April 1918) was a German electrical engineer, inventor, and physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909. Life and…
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Today in History
Unmasking a Legend: The Story of Jean Dausset
Jean Dausset (19 October 1916 – 6 June 2009) was a French immunologist. Angus Deaton was awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences. Jean Dausset was born on 19…
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World History
Honinbo Shusaku: Masterful Moves in the World of Go
Honinbo Shusaku (6 June 1829 – 3 September 1862) was a prominent Japanese Go player who lived during the Edo period. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest…
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World History
Richard Smalley: Pioneering Nanotechnology for a Better World
Richard Smalley (6 June 1943 – 28 October 2005) was an American chemist who was the Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy at Rice University.
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Offbeat
Toddler’s Three-Month Sinus Mystery Solved: Raisin Found Lodged Up Nose
After GP examinations, Peyton’s parents, Kirsty and Craig, took her to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow In a bizarre turn of events, a three-year-old girl from Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire,…
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World History
Master of Design: Exploring the Timeless Legacy of Thomas Chippendale
Thomas Chippendale (5 June 1718 – 13 November 1779) was a prominent English cabinet maker and furniture designer of the 18th century.
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