Facebook’s facial recognition system was found to outperform similar systems used by the FBI. Where Facebook has a 98% accuracy rating in identifying faces, the FBI had a success rate of 85%.
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Free services like Craigslist…
Free services like Craigslist have decimated the classified advertising departments of newspapers, some of which depended on classifieds for 70% of their ad revenue. Research has shown that Craigslist cost the newspaper industry $5.4 billion from 2000-2007.
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In 1915 Closing and Opening times…
In 1915 Closing and Opening times in pubs had to be implemented to stop factory workers showing up to work drunk and harming the war effort.
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14 Insane facts about relationships and marriage
Even in XXI century, a human’s behavior remains a huge mystery. Now imagine how things get complicated when we talk about behavior in a relationship between two persons. What rules them? Which are the reasons for getting married and divorced? What do people fight about? What are the most surprising facts about relationships? Our friends from vavadating.com know something about it.
1. Men are happier in marriage. Believe it or not, a massive American research proved that it is more favorably to get married. Despite common beliefs that polygamous men are not created for a silent family life, a real science shows other facts. So, married men live longer, happier, and are healthier than those who’ve never been in such relationships. Indeed, settling down change people for better.
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In June 2017, a tire shop in Fort Worth…
In June 2017, a tire shop in Fort Worth, Texas, was robbed so often that the owner bought a guard dog. The next time the shop was robbed, the intruders stole the dog.
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Kirk Kerkorian, the richest…
Kirk Kerkorian, the richest person in Los Angeles, has dispensed more than $200 million and a school, and he has never allowed anything to be named in his honor.
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Doctors are purposely tripping the elderly…
Doctors are purposely tripping the elderly to make them more fall resistant. The therapy involves hooking them into a harness and having trainers shove/nudge/trip them off balance. The harness keeps them from falling and getting hurt while the exercises help train muscles for better balance.
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Uber drivers in China changed…
Uber drivers in China changed their profile photos to ghosts and zombie images so that when potential passengers saw these pictures they would cancel the ride they’d just booked, thus earning the driver the cancellation fee.
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Trees in forests have an underground…
Trees in forests have an underground communication and interaction system driven by fungal networks. “Mother trees” pass on information for best growth patterns and can divert nutrients to trees in need, and they are more likely to pass them on to trees of their own species.
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A lottery scratcher in England…
A lottery scratcher in England was cancelled because too many customers could not figure out which is the higher of two negative numbers.
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