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Around midday Eastern Time on October 4th, 2021 Facebook, along with WhatsApp, Instagram and Oculus, suddenly went down and were unavailable until 5 p.m. This short interruption in services that we've grown to consider a regular part of our life, demonstrated how much the world has become dependent on a few tech companies, some of which have made controversial moves recently.

By the year 2050, U.S. growers will need to reach an impressive level of food production to help feed a growing world population. Fewer in number, they will operate multifaceted businesses with stunning new technology to increase efficiency on farms. These predictions come from experts who study food and farming trends. Here’s a look at what they think life on the farm will look like in 33 years.

Space exploration is back. After decades of disappointment, a combination of better technology, falling costs and a rush of competitive energy from the private sector has put space travel front and center. Many analysts (even some with their feet on the ground) believe that commercial developments in the space industry may be on the cusp of starting the largest resource rush in history: mining on the Moon, Mars and asteroids. Whether this proves to be the dawn of a gigantic adjunct to mining on earth — and more immediately, a key to unlocking cost-effective space travel — will turn on the answers to a host of questions ranging from what resources can be efficiently. As every fan of science fiction knows, the resources of the solar system appear virtually unlimited compared to those on Earth. Billionaires including Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk imagine heavy industry moving to space and Earth becoming a residential area.

Ireland is known as a country of unique, dream-like landscapes and immensely rich culture. Here’s our list of 10 Ireland’s most exciting places you shouldn’t miss if you decide to visit. #Facts #Ireland #travel

Pillow fights are not just for kids! Pillow fighting seems to be emerging as a new combat sport, being a safer and equally passionate alternative to conventional ones. #Facts #PillowFighting #PFC

Eating is essential for us, and while we eat, we have pleasant or unpleasant sensations due to the thing we call taste. But don’t you think we might be taking taste for granted? #Facts #taste #food

Companies like Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin are gearing up to send tourists to the edge of space - and eventually, beyond - as soon as 2022. But for ordinary citizens, zero gravity and long flights could wreak havoc on their bodies. Getting to space is a naturally challenging experience, especially for the human body. That's why the firms hoping to sell trips are taking a page from NASA's playbook and undertaking a rigorous training program for would-be travelers to mitigate things like muscle atrophy and bone loss that studies show can happen on trips outside the atmosphere.

In just a few short decades, the video game industry has undergone dramatic change both technologically and culturally, and the pace of that change is only accelerating. Today, matches taking place between the best players on popular games like GTA V and League of Legends are broadcast live to millions, while thousands fill stadiums to cheer on their favorite gamers. The thought would’ve been unimaginable just three decades earlier when gamers would gather en masse at local arcades and the internet wouldn’t be a thing for years yet. For them, esports amounted to challenging the local high scores on arcade machines like Pac-Man and Space Invaders, to little acclaim and the loss of many quarters.

As the world becomes increasingly interconnected and technology-dependent, a new wave of smart applications is changing how we approach everyday activities. Utility appliances such as intelligent fridges (yes, you read that right), personal assistants like Amazon's Alexa or smart home security applications create opportunities for more efficient living. While the ideas of “Smart Cities” has been proposed as the future of urbanism, the question remains: how do we connect this new technology for the ultimately "efficient" society?

You’ve probably wondered at some point why each US state is called what it is. In the previous video we covered the states east of the Mississippi river, and now we’ll finish the story with the Eastern US. #Facts #USA #USStates

The evolution of transportation, just like the evolution of humankind, has gone through trials and tribulations as it has evolved through time. It has ebbed and flowed, overcoming challenges to grow to ever-increasing levels of complexity and efficiency. Today, we often take for granted our ability to get from one place to another, nearby or distant. We expect to get there, but don’t often reflect on how, and we suppose, more than we actually know, how we move from one location to another. Our greatest demands and challenges have, in turn, initiated our greatest inventive feats that have taken us from where we have come to where we intend to go.

The origins of stock trading can be traced right back to the first stock exchange in Antwerp, Belgium in the 1500s. Though this exchange did not trade stocks in companies as such, it was set up in a similar way to the modern exchanges that we know, and certainly paved the way for what followed. The first publicly traded company that you could buy stocks in was the East India Company in 1602. In modern times, the advances in computer technology have seen stock trading evolve greatly. Instead of having to be physically on the stock exchange floor to trade, stock traders do it all from their desks. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Subscribe to Facts. http://goo.gl/yEIawC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #Facts #Finance #RoboAdvisors

Overnight, some take time to become a staple, and some become obsolete within months. Over the last century, there have been thousands of patented ideas around the world and whilst we may not notice some of them, many are exciting and life-changing. Join us in exploring the evolution of technology over the past hundred years and how our lives have changed from it. If you liked the video don't forget to drop a thumbs up and subscribe for new content! ---------- Have a suggestion for a Facts. video? Leave a comment below! ----------

The streaming giant is one of the largest companies trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange. It's used in 61 countries, has 159 million active users and a library of 35 million songs. So how has a Swedish music service, launched in 2008, grown to be the biggest streaming platform in the world?

Minecraft is one of the biggest games in the world, if not the biggest. How could a small indie game with no funding and only one developer become the phenomena it is today? Let's take a trip down memory lane together, and find out. Minecraft is arguably the most influential of sandbox games. The player is dropped into a large randomized open world (actually infinite) with biomes such as mountains, forests, caves, plains and oceans - with no specific goal or objective. Progression can only be reached through an Achievements system. The world consists of cubes, or blocks, which you can destroy, remove, build or replace. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #Facts #Minecraft #Gaming

A recent surge in the value of retro Nintendo video game cartridges is allegedly the result of fraud by grading company Wata Games and collectibles auction company Heritage Auctions, according to one journalist’s exposé. All year long, mint copies of vintage games like The Legend Of Zelda and the original Super Mario Bros. have been selling at auctions for millions of dollars, shattering world records almost as soon as a new one was set. Statement from Wata Games: "We're humbled by the support of our thousands of customers who trust us to provide accurate and transparent grading. The claims in this video are completely baseless and defamatory and it is unfortunate that Mr. Jobst did not contact us to give us the opportunity to correct him." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #Facts #Nintendo #Gaming

Christmas Eve is the anniversary of Apollo 8 first live transmission from space, which is why we decided to take a look at our planetary neighbour. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Subscribe to Facts. http://goo.gl/yEIawC​ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #Apollo​ #Moon​ #Facts​.

Since 1960, humanity launched dozens of missions to Mars to learn more about our planetary neighbor. Mars appears to be a world once rich in water and perhaps, in life, presenting an interesting counterpart to Earth. The latest batch of Mars-bound missions in February 2021 were NASA's Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter, the United Arab Emirates' Hope orbiter (a first for that country), and China's Tianwen-1 orbital and lander-rover mission (another attempt for China to reach Mars). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Subscribe to Facts. http://goo.gl/yEIawC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #Mars #Perseverance #Space

The brand that has dominated the technology and the stock market space for over a decade, we take a look at Apple's humble origins and how they grew to be a market leader and innovator. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Subscribe to Facts. http://goo.gl/yEIawC​ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #Apple​ #StockMarket​ #SteveJobs​ #Facts​