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Whittier, Alaska, is a remote town with a population of just over 200 people, most of whom live in a single building: the Begich Towers. Originally built as a military barracks in the 1950s, this 14-story structure now serves as a self-contained community hub. It houses not only apartments but also essential town services, including the post office, grocery store, school, police station, and even a church. Due to the town’s harsh weather and isolation—accessible by only one tunnel that closes at night—consolidating life into one building offers convenience, safety, and a unique sense of close-knit living rarely seen elsewhere.

The global nicotine pouch market, valued at around $5.39 billion in 2024, is growing rapidly at nearly 30% CAGR as consumers shift from vaping toward clean, smokeless, and tobacco-free options.

In the U.S., the market reached roughly $4.09 billion in 2024, and one of the brands gaining strong momentum in this shift is @SESH.

As demand for discreet and convenient nicotine grows, especially among younger and health-conscious users, SESH is expanding nationwide and positioning itself at the center of this new wave.

With forecasts estimating the market could reach $25 billion to $69 billion by the early 2030s, brands like @SESH are shaping what the future of nicotine consumption looks like: smoke-free, modern, and accessible.

In 1973, Lester Eubanks—convicted of a serious crime—was taken unescorted to an Ohio mall as a reward for good behavior in prison. While there, he slipped away and disappeared. Authorities didn’t notice he was missing until it was too late. He’s been on the run ever since and remains one of the U.S. Marshals’ Most Wanted.

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Scientists have discovered & revived a 48,500-year-old “zombie virus” in Russia as a result of climate change.

Samples were collected from permafrost in the Siberia region of Russia, reviving 13 new pathogens “including one frozen under a lake more than 48,500 years ago.” They found that these viruses remain infectious despite being dormant for hundreds of millennia.

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In the 1920s, a strange but fascinating idea floated through American imagination: using hippos as a form of transportation—an “Uber” of the era, in a sense. The concept stemmed from a real proposal a decade earlier to import hippopotamuses into the U.S. to solve both a meat shortage and a water hyacinth problem in the South. By the 1920s, this notion had taken on a more whimsical life in pulp fiction and satire, imagining well-dressed flappers and gangsters riding semi-domesticated hippos through flooded streets or across bayous like living water taxis. These “hippo Ubers” became the stuff of surreal humor and alternative-history speculation, blending American ingenuity with exotic absurdity—though, of course, in reality, the plan never left the shores of fantasy.

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