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Tag: Culture
HAL 9000: This Lens is Cinema’s Most Memorable AI Villain
Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey gave the world one of cinema's most chilling villains - the malevolent AI known as HAL 9000. With his ominous glowing red "eye", HAL has become pop culture iconography for evil artificial intelligence.
Origin of “Eat your heart out!”
When someone tells you to "eat your heart out," they likely aren't speaking literally. This vivid expression dates back thousands of years to ancient Greece.
Winter Holidays of the Globe
As winter's darkness deepens across the Northern Hemisphere, countless lights begin to twinkle in windows, streets, and homes around the world. It is a time for winter holidays across the globe.
Origin of Google: The chance meeting that started it all
In the sunny corridors of Stanford University, two brilliant young men bumped into each other in 1995. Larry Page, a University of Michigan graduate visiting Stanford, met Sergey Brin, who was assigned to show him around.
Playing the oldest musical instruments
Imagine playing an instrument from history that's been around for longer than written language, the pyramids of Egypt, and even the concept of agriculture. Now imagine this instrument can still serenade you with a hauntingly beautiful tune.
The young girl who named Pluto
In 1930's Oxford, breakfast conversations between grandparents and their grandchildren weren't usually front-page news. But for Venetia Burney, a bright-eyed student, one such conversation would etch her name in the annals of history.
