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'If we worry about erosion, we will never get any sleep'
Derick Bowler says even if he won the lottery he knows he would not be able to stop nature.
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ScienceDaily
Dinosaurs became giants — so why did they never become tiny?
Dinosaurs conquered the land at enormous sizes, but strangely, they almost never evolved into truly tiny animals.
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Becomes Second-Fastest Movie to Hit $1 Billion Overseas, Powers to $1.67 Billion Globally
Spidey keeps climbing… and climbing… and climbing at the box office. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has amassed a heroic $1.67 billion after just 12 days in theaters, including $1.01 billion internationally and $655 million domestically.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Variety
ESPN
Tommy John bids farewell: 'Will never forget you'
Tommy John, the namesake for the elbow surgery many top MLB players have undergone, did not attend the New York Yankees' Old-Timers' Day on Saturday as he shared a vague message about his health.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by ESPN
WorldPingDeadline
‘The Odyssey’ Becomes Christopher Nolan’s Highest Grossing Movie Ever At Global Box Office With $1.1B
We told you on Friday that The Odyssey cracked the $1 billion mark at the global box office, and Universal is making it known that as of today the feature take of Homer’s epic is now director Christopher Nolan’s highest grossing movie ever, ahead of…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Deadline
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Never sell treasury model cracks again as 1,635 BTC is offloaded shrinking Empery reserves by 76% in weeks
The company retained 1,279 BTC by Aug. 6, with 954 pledged against $35 million of debt.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CryptoSlate
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Locarno Sufi Trance Doc ‘As Light as Air’ Director Umair Bilal on Surrendering to a Pakistani Shrine Town: ‘I Became Part of Its Rhythm’
Umair Bilal spent months in Sehwan, Pakistan, trying to direct a documentary. Then he gave up.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Variety