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io9 Explains the Dollar Sign’s Origin

Although I am a huge fan of many of Gawker Media’s blogs, especially Gawker, Kotaku, Gizmodo and Lifehacker, I find that io9 by far is the absolutely most fascinating place to go to for interesting reads.   They certainly focus a lot on the “geekier” aspects of life, especially things like sci-fi and superhero movies but […]

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The Universe Ends with Pecs

Well, in certain types of movies, I’m sure it does.  I saw two articles in io9 today that just had me drop my jaw for two completely different reasons. Let’s talk about the end of the Universe first.  io9 periodically throws out a post about the end of existence, whether it’s how the Earth will […]