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Ancestry released a commercial earlier this month titled “Inseparable,” set in the South during the Civil War. The storyline the company featured has sparked backlash among people online, many saying Ancestry is exploiting black history as a marketing ploy. In the ad, a white man runs alongside his lover, a black woman named Abigail, and tells her that […]
Fossil hunter Alan Detrich is attempting to sale his young Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton on eBay for an astonishing $2.95 million, and paleontologists aren’t happy about it. Detrich is the owner of the 15-foot fossil, but he’s come under fire for his attempt to sell it online after he already lent it to the University of […]
Arguably the most famous black hole of all time now has an apt name. Powehi is the name that’s been given to the black hole recently designated as the first to be captured in a direct image, per The Guardian. The name is derived from the 18th century sacred Hawaiian creation chant, the Kumulipo, and is […]
In a move that seems destined to split cinephiles along generational lines, Netflix is looking to buy the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. According to Deadline, the streaming giant wants to purchase the site of Hollywood’s first-ever movie premiere to give them a brick-and-mortar location to screen their original films. While more future-phobic film lovers […]
From their identical jersey number to their respective on-court dominance, the once-in-a-generation talents of Michael Jordan and LeBron James will forever be tied together. As a result, there is a lively debate between sports fans over who is the NBA’s true G.O.A.T. This led one company to put their computers to work and create a survey that they […]
During Wednesday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers surpassed Michael Jordan in total points scored in the NBA. Prior to the game, James took to Twitter to seemingly reference the milestone he was about to reach. Can’t even front. This is going to be UNREAL!! Wow man — LeBron James (@KingJames) […]
A new biopic focused on Rosa Parks is on the way. According to Deadline, the first-ever scripted feature film that will hit U.S. theaters about the Civil Rights activist will start shooting in 2019. The movie industry website claims that Rosa will focus on the immediate aftermath of Parks’ arrest in 1955, after she refused to […]
On June 14, 2015, Brandon Moore, better known to the Internet as Young Busco, approached an on-duty police officer, and told him he had just one question to ask him. Pointing his camera at the officer’s chunky, black military boots, he uttered three now-famous words: “What are those?!” The video, which questioned the cop’s footwear […]
Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are the first Muslim women elected to Congress, having won their respective races for the U.S. House of Representatives. But they were just two in a night of historic firsts. Both women are making the jump from the state House to the U.S. House. Tlaib won in Michigan in 2008 […]
The world’s oldest intact shipwreck has been found in the Black Sea. The 75-ft long Greek merchant ship was found lying on its side on the sea floor about 50 miles off the coast of Bulgaria by a team of researchers working on the Black Sea Maritime Archeology Project. They say that the ship is […]
