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· Carl Samson
China is Building the World’s Largest Airport in Beijing
Opening in 2019, Beijing’s new airport is expected to be the world’s largest based on its design revealed last week. Construction team member Zhu Wenxin informed that the six-pointed, starfish-shaped airport measures 1,144 meters in length from east to west and 996 meters from…
· Ryan General
Japanese Surgeon Awards Nigerian Olympians $380,000 For Winning Bronze Medal
The Nigerian soccer team received a surprisingly generous reward from an unlikely benefactor after clinching a bronze medal finish at the Olympics soccer event on Saturday. Impressed by the team’s resilience and fighting spirit, a Japanese plastic surgeon named Katsuya Takasu…
· Editorial Staff
People Are Paying Up to $1000 to Have Dinner While Dangling 150 Feet in the Air
For a few hundred bucks, a Belgian-based firm will let you enjoy your dinner 150 feet above the ground via its specialty restaurant service called “Dinner in the Sky”. The unique dining experience which takes thrill-seeking diners into the sky by hoisting a platform via a stable…
· Editorial Staff
Black Male ‘Coding’ Student Gets Arrested After Trying to Cash His Own Money Order
Rodney Sampson is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor who helped organize #CodeStart, a 13-month program in Atlanta that teaches disconnected youth and under-employed young adults skills like coding, entrepreneurship, and career and financial preparation. Upon graduation, the…
· Editorial Staff
Man Gets Caught Stealing $196,000 Worth of Quarters During Work
A man in Alabama stole so much change that he could have funded several lifetimes’ worth of vending machine snacks and toll booth fare if he had gotten away with it. Stephen Lancaster Dennis of Harpersville, Alabama, plead guilty to bank theft after being charged with stealing…
· Editorial Staff
Here’s What Chris Pratt Wrote on Instagram at 3AM After Working 80 Hours Straight
After a long day of shooting his new movie, actor Chris Pratt shared an inspiration message on Instagram. It’s a great reminder for why you should always follow your dreams. “It’s 3:20am. I got picked up for work at 6:45am yesterday. I’m not good with math, especially after…
· Editorial Staff
This Nonprofit Organization is Giving $1 Million to Underprivileged High Schoolers
It may not come as a surprise that engineering and computer coding classes have a poor ratio of female to male students. Girls Who Code, a national nonprofit organization, is doing something about closing that gender gap by offering $1 million in scholarships to underprivileged…
· Ryan General
2 Chainz Just Made $2 million From Selling Ugly Christmas Sweaters
Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz had a very merry Christmas after making $2 million off his “Dabbin’ Santa” ugly Christmas sweater line. Forbes reported that the artist earned $2 million from his holiday merchandise sales after assembling a team of 70 people to fulfill and handle orders.…
· Sebastian Dillon
Something Beautiful Happens When You Let Poor Kids Pick Out Their Christmas Presents
When given the tough choice between getting the one thing you’ve always wanted for Christmas or getting something someone else has always wanted, which would you choose? Now imagine that someone else was your family and that they couldn’t even afford a Christmas tree. For the…
· Editorial Staff
This App Will Help You Skip the U.S. Customs Line at Airports
If you want to skip the lines at U.S. immigration and customs at some airports, all you need is your smartphone. Mobile Passport is a free app that is available to iPhone and Android users in the Apple App store and Google Play store. After entering in your passport and travel…
· Editorial Staff
Photo of an Elderly Man Helping a Young Man With His Tie Will Melt Your Heart
A photo capturing a heartwarming random act of kindness at a train station is capturing netizens’ hearts on Facebook. Posted on Nov. 14, the photo shows an older man helping a well-dressed, younger man tie his tie at the Lindbergh MARTA train station in Atlanta.
· Sebastian Dillon
Girl Spends Entire $90,000 College Fund on Clothes and Vacation, Blames Her Parents
A 22-year-old girl claims she spent $90,000 meant for her senior year of college tuition on clothes and a vacation to Europe, but blames her parents for not teaching her to “budget or something.” The girl, who only identified herself as Kim, first called in to the Atlanta-based…
· Editorial Staff
A Troll Posing as ‘Customer Service’ on Corporate Facebook Pages is Winning the Internet
Ben Palmer and Nick Price, two comedians in Atlanta, has the internet cracking up with a Facebook account he created under the name of “Customer Service.” The comedian is using the “Customer Service” account to troll — I mean, respond to customers’ complaints on corporate…
· Riley Schatzle
Here’s How You Celebrate ‘National Take Your Dog to Work Day’
National bring your single attractive friend to work day has not been established yet, but national bring your dog to work day has been, and it is probably just as good. If your pup is social with other people and likes attention, then this day is yours to celebrate. Bring a…
· Sebastian Dillon
Two Men Win $2.25 Million After Employer Illegally Swabbed Their Butts
Two men are now $1 million richer after their employer violated their right to genetic privacy by swabbing their butts for DNA. The story begins when, not long ago, one of the Atlanta, Georgia warehouses of Atlas Logistics Group had a poo problem — that is, one mystery employee…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
These are the Top 30 Most Popular Jobs For Millennials
Generation Y is the largest generation in the American workforce, with 53.5 million millennials holding down some kind of job. In comparison, there are 52.7 million Gen Xers and 44.6 million baby boomers who are employed. So where do millennials most want to work? A new survey…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Hero Pilot Throws Pizza Party for Passengers After Flight Gets Stranded
Yesterday, a Delta flight scheduled to fly from Philadelphia to Atlanta was diverted to Knoxville after torrential rains in Georgia prevented the aircraft from landing, stranding passengers on the tarmac in Tennessee for hours. How did the pilot appease the disgruntled and…
· Benny Luo
I Had a REAL Conversation With Siri and it Was Awesome
One thing that almost all iPhone users today recognize is the original voice of Siri. Aside from the dozens of conversations and inappropriate questions we’ve asked her, we’ve never really put a face to the name before CNN outed voice-over actor Susan Bennett almost exactly a…