550/601 Couple reunites after 60 years, marries following wartime separation.
A Russian couple, separated after only three days of marriage when the husband joined the Red Army, were reunited in their hometown after 60 years apart. Despite attempts to find each other over the years, it was only on a coincidental visit to their place of origin that they crossed paths again.
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549/601 Eminem skipped Oscars, won for “Lose Yourself”, slept with cartoons.
Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” won the first Oscar for a rap song. Eminem missed the ceremony, underestimating his odds. He slept, watching cartoons with his daughter instead.
548/601 The First ‘computer bug’ was a moth in Harvard’s Mark II.
The first ‘computer bug‘ was a literal insect. In 1947, a moth trapped in the Harvard University Mark II computer was discovered and documented, leading to the term ‘debugging’ for fixing computer glitches.
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547/601 Seinfeld refused $5 million per episode, ending show on high.
Jerry Seinfeld rejected $5 million per episode for “Seinfeld” Season 10, valuing creative quality over $115 million potential earnings.
546/601 Heimlich, 96, saves choking woman with his maneuver in 2016.
Henry Heimlich
Henry Heimlich performed his maneuver for the first time in 2016 on a choking woman, at age 96. It occurred over 40 years after he invented the technique.
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545/601 Luxurious floating residence with 165 homes, managed by its occupants.
MS The World is a unique residential yacht where a community of 150-200 residents from various countries lives and travels the globe, making it their home. It offers 165 private residences, supported by a crew of 280. Prices for the luxury apartments onboard range from $2 to $15 million.
Japan utilizes heated sidewalks to combat heavy snowfall, ensuring safe pedestrian passage and reducing snow removal costs.
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543/601 Denmark’s Human Library lets you ‘borrow’ people for their stories.
In Denmark’s Human Library, you can “borrow” a person for 30 minutes to hear their life story, an effort to break down societal prejudices.
542/601 A Swedish man cycles to Nepal, climbs Everest solo, cycles back.
Swedish adventurer Göran Kropp cycled from Sweden to Nepal, summited Everest without Sherpas or bottled oxygen, and cycled back.
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541/601 Flappy Bird, earning $50,000 daily, was removed for addictiveness, causing a surge in phone sales with the app
The mobile game Flappy Bird, created by Dong Nguyen in 2013, unexpectedly soared in popularity, reportedly earning $50,000 a day from in-game ads. Citing the game’s addictiveness, Nguyen removed it from app stores in 2014. This led to devices with the game installed being listed for sale at high prices.
