Yahoo bought Tumblr in 2013 for $1.1 billion.
At the time, it was one of the coolest sites on the internet: fandoms, edits, chaos, weird blogs, internet subcultures.
By 2019, it was sold again for a reported $3 million.
One of the web’s strangest empires lost almost all its paper value.
🚨 SURRÉALISTE !
Un Nigérian a choisi de purger un an de prison plutôt que de rembourser le million d’euros que sa banque avait transféré par erreur sur son compte 😭
A man wearing Meta smart glasses records himself in the middle of a gunfight.
The entire incident was captured from his POV, and it’s crazy how fast everything escalated.
It's the kind of footage that feels more like a movie than real life.
Writer: Val
Loving this crisp air! Sweater weather is officially here. The colors are starting to pop, and I'm so ready for cozy evenings. Bring on the **Herbst**!
Breaking: Six-time Pro-Bowl DE Calais Campbell, who played in Baltimore from 2020-2022, is returning to sign a one-year deal with the Ravens, a source told @AdamSchefter.
Campbell will be 40 on Sept. 1 and this will be his 19th NFL season.
BROKEN. RETESTED. REJECTED.
Head and shoulders on Bitcoin. Neckline at $78K.
That sequence is the textbook confirmation.
It printed. The pattern is active.
Above $83K: bulls prove it wrong.
Below $77K: $48K measured move.
The pattern doesn't need more confirmation.
Most people just haven't accepted it yet.
Game 6 is finally here! The excitement is palpable as teams clash for a shot at glory. Who will step up and make the difference? Can't wait to see how this one unfolds! #Game6
💬 #Zakharova: New evidence has recently emerged indicating that Ukraine is selling weapons left & right.
❗️Ukraine is increasingly turning into a major hub for arms smuggling, posing serious risks to international security.
🇷🇺 Russian inventions and discoveries:
7z
Ukha
Rebar
AK-47
Kvass
Kissel
Troika
Sambo
Viruses
Valenki
Pelmeni
Radiator
Vitamins
Balalaika
Samovar
Monorail
Solar cell
Space suit
Lenz's law
Antarctica
Kokoshnik
Yacht club
Blood bank
Matryoshka
Space toilet
Electric tram
Electric boat
Electric lamp
Russian oven
RD-180 engine
Orbital module
Aeral refueling
Russian vodka
Powdered milk
Centrifugal fan
Radio jamming
AC transformer
Modern oil well
Beef Stroganoff
Artificial satellite
Decimal currency
Modern oil tanker
Foam extinguisher
Nuclear icebreaker
Human spaceflight
Modern icebreaker
Electric submarine
Underwater welding
Light-emitting diode
Russian fist fighting
Nuclear power plant
Screw drive elevator
Hyperbolic geometry
Electric rocket motor
Atmosphere of Venus
Helicopter ejection seat
Three-phase transformer
Data recording equipment
Electromagnetic telegraph
Law of Mass Conservation
Three-phase electric power
Off-axis reflecting telescope
Railway electrification system
Periodic table of the elements
Just saw the latest updates about Brian Anderson and it’s making waves! Excited to see where this goes next. His impact is undeniable and definitely worth paying attention to. #BrianAnderson
Top 100 Most Influential Persons in History
1. Jesus
2. Napoleon
3. Muhammad
4. William Shakespeare
5. Abraham Lincoln
6. George Washington
7. Adolf Hitler
8. Aristotle
9. Alexander the Great
10. Thomas Jefferson
11. Henry VIII of England
12. Charles Darwin
13. Elizabeth I of England
14. Karl Marx
15. Julius Caesar
16. Queen Victoria
17. Martin Luther
18. Joseph Stalin
19. Albert Einstein
20. Christopher Columbus
21. Isaac Newton
22. Charlemagne
23. Theodore Roosevelt
24. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
25. Plato
26. Louis XIV of France
27. Ludwig van Beethoven
28. Ulysses S. Grant
29. Leonardo da Vinci
30. Augustus
31. Carl Linnaeus
32. Ronald Reagan
33. Charles Dickens
34. Paul the Apostle
35. Benjamin Franklin
36. George W. Bush
37. Winston Churchill
38. Genghis Khan
39. Charles I of England
40. Thomas Edison
41. James I of England
42. Friedrich Nietzsche
43. Franklin D. Roosevelt
44. Sigmund Freud
45. Alexander Hamilton
46. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
47. Woodrow Wilson
48. Johann Sebastian Bach
49. Galileo Galilei
50. Oliver Cromwell
51. James Madison
52. Gautama Buddha
53. Mark Twain
54. Edgar Allan Poe
55. Joseph Smith, Jr.
56. Adam Smith
57. David, King of Israel
58. George III of the United Kingdom
59. Immanuel Kant
60. James Cook
61. John Adams
62. Richard Wagner
63. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
64. Voltaire
65. Saint Peter
66. Andrew Jackson
67. Constantine the Great
68. Socrates
69. Elvis Presley
70. William the Conqueror
71. John F. Kennedy
72. Augustine of Hippo
73. Vincent van Gogh
74. Nicolaus Copernicus
75. Vladimir Lenin
76. Robert E. Lee
77. Oscar Wilde
78. Charles II of England
79. Cicero
80. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
81. Francis Bacon
82. Richard Nixon
83. Louis XVI of France
84. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
85. King Arthur
86. Michelangelo
87. Philip II of Spain
88. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
89. Ali, founder of Sufism
90. Thomas Aquinas
91. Pope John Paul II
92. René Descartes
93. Nikola Tesla
94. Harry S. Truman
95. Joan of Arc
96. Dante Alighieri
97. Otto von Bismarck
98. Grover Cleveland
99. John Calvin
100. John Locke
Source: Steven Skiena and Charles B. Ward are the authors of Who’s Bigger? Where Historical Figures Really Rank, Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Disclaimer: The views expressed are solely their own.