Watch A Plane Make Aviation History In Nail-Biting World-First Tunnel Flight

Plus, El Salvador bought $21 million of Bitcoin as it becomes the first country to make it a legal currency.
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What An Enormous Global Study Can Tell Us About Feeling Better During The Pandemic | Vox

WHAT AN ENORMOUS GLOBAL STUDY CAN TELL US ABOUT FEELING BETTER DURING THE PANDEMIC

Recently, hundreds of researchers in 87 countries published the results of the largest cognitive reappraisal study to date in Nature Human Behavior. They were asking a simple question: Could they make people feel better about the pandemic, if only for one moment in time, by teaching reappraisals? The study, which amassed data on more than 20,000 participants, came back with a resounding answer: yes. Vox

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Create An Online Store Built For Maximum Sales - Square Online | [Partner]

CREATE YOUR OWN ONLINE STORE BUILT FOR MAXIMUM SALES

Taking your business online is a no-brainer, especially when you have free access to build the best eCommerce store. Create and launch your website with Square Online, the platform that charges zero start-up cost, and empowers you to sell unlimited products with no monthly fee — only pay when you make a sale. The platform is designed for any type of business: restaurants can enable timely features like contactless QR code menu ordering, retailers can take advantage of the Instagram shopping feature, and more. Omnichannel is the opportunity — capitalize now. [Partner]

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Watch A Plane Make Aviation History In Nail-Biting World-first Tunnel Flight | IFLScience

WATCH A PLANE MAKE AVIATION HISTORY IN NAIL-BITING WORLD-FIRST TUNNEL FLIGHT

Aviation history was made last weekend after a pilot blasted through a tunnel in an airplane averaging a blistering speed of 245 kilometers (152 miles) per hour, breaking multiple records. Dario Costa, a 41-year-old stunt pilot from Italy, flew in an aircraft through two of the Çatalca Tunnels — one after another — near the Turkish capital of Istanbul just after sunrise on Saturday, September 4, 2021. Feast your eyes on the footage of the nail-biting flight here: IFLScience

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Build And Code Your Own Self-Driving Robot Car At Home With This Kit | Mashable

BUILD AND CODE YOUR OWN SELF-DRIVING ROBOT CAR AT HOME WITH THIS KIT

Self-driving cars are (very gradually) transforming the way we live — creating safer and more efficient roads. Although we're still not quite to the point where we can fully multi-task while our cars take us places, autopilot features offer a lot more freedom on the road. These autonomous vehicles rely on things like sensors, actuators, complex algorithms, machine learning systems, and powerful processors in order to execute their software. If you've ever been interested in how these robot cars run, you can actually build and code your own model with the Wheelson AI Self-Driving Car. Mashable

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El Salvador Bought $21 Million Of Bitcoin As It Becomes First Country To Make It A Legal Currency | CNBC

EL SALVADOR BOUGHT $21 MILLION OF BITCOIN AS IT BECOMES FIRST COUNTRY TO MAKE IT A LEGAL CURRENCY

El Salvador bought roughly $20.9 million worth of bitcoin, one day before it formally adopts the world's most popular cryptocurrency as legal tender. In a series of tweets Monday, President Nayib Bukele revealed that the country had purchased a total of 400 bitcoin, the first step in a larger push to add the digital currency to its balance sheet. CNBC

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Vivid Seats Wants To Get You Back To Live Events

VIVID SEATS WANTS TO GET YOU BACK TO LIVE EVENTS

Ready to venture out into the real world again? With plenty of major events on the horizon — including sports, concerts, theater, and comedy — now is the time to do so. Vivid Seats, a burgeoning marketplace for buying and selling tickets online, can help you get started. With headliners ranging from the Rolling Stones to Megan Thee Stallion to the Jonas Brothers, there's a little bit of everything on offer. Meanwhile, sports fans can take themselves out to the baseball, basketball, or football game, among others, plus you'll find everything from ballet to broadway to stand-up comedy too. Save $10 off sitewide using the promo code FUTURIST10. Vivid Seats

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The Mystery Of The Burnt Tesla In The Middle Of A Frozen Lake Has Been Solved | Vice

THE MYSTERY OF THE BURNT TESLA IN THE MIDDLE OF A FROZEN LAKE HAS BEEN SOLVED

In February, 2019, a peculiar news story made its way around the car internet. In what appeared to be yet another horror story about electric vehicle battery fires, a burned-out Tesla Model X carcass was found atop a frozen lake just outside Burlington, Vermont. Turns out, that entire story was fabricated to cover up what was allegedly a basic Tesla theft scheme, according to an indictment filed by the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont. Vice

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