Man Paid Fortune For Pizza
In 2010 a programmer paid 10,000 bitcoins for two pizzas worth about $41. Read that famous receipt line by line and see what the coins became.
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Astronauts Stuck In Space Months
Two astronauts flew up for an 8-day test flight and came home 286 days later. Follow their wait, month by month, aboard the space station.
Country Ruled By Two Princes
Andorra is ruled not by one head of state but by two: a Spanish bishop and the President of France. Inside the world's strangest job-share.
Volcano That Burns Bright Blue
At Indonesia's Kawah Ijen, fire burns electric blue in the dark, and miners climb into the crater each night to haul out its yellow sulfur.
Woman Remembers Every Single Day
Give Jill Price any date since 1980 and she can name the day, the weather and what she did. Inside the memory test that amazed scientists.
Man Escaped Prison By Helicopter
Twice, a hijacked helicopter dropped out of the French sky to free him — and once, he sent one back for his friends. Pascal Payet's escapes, and the crime behind them.
Bubble Wrap Was Wallpaper First
Two engineers sealed shower curtains together to make fancy wallpaper. It failed twice — then it wrapped a computer and changed the world.
Actor Who Refused His Oscar
The Best Actor winner was not in the room. A 26-year-old woman walked on stage instead, refused the Oscar, and shook Hollywood in 60 seconds.
First Computer Programmer Was Woman
Asked only to translate a short article, Ada Lovelace handed back notes three times longer — including a set of instructions now called the first computer program.
Moon Is Drifting Away Yearly
Scientists bounce laser light off mirrors Apollo astronauts left on the Moon, and the returning flash keeps arriving a little later every year.