Sexting did n’t start with smartphones . Abbreviating colloquial idiomatic expression with acronyms is n’t unique to this tenner or even this millennium . booster and lover switch hand - write letters with truncated sayings — both fresh and adult — as far back as biblical times . Historian Simon Garfield chronicle this phenomenon in his script , To The Letter . “ We think abbreviating with acronyms is new with texts and email , but it ’s been going on for 2000 years , ” Garfield says ....

Tomorrow , Max Brooks ’ acclaimed novel World War Z becomes a motion picture … well , sort of . They maintain the statute title . Actually , World War Z is just the latest in a long wrinkle of film that quit from the book of account so much , they ’re essentially a brand name novel tarradiddle . Here are 12 science fabrication and fancy movies that toss the Bible out the airlock ....

In 1952 Willys - Overland re - entered the rider car market with its innovative Aero - Willys . The car was a jackanapes , unibody thick weighing just 2600 pound and riding a 108 - in wheelbase . It was well orchestrate and drew rave reviews . However , the Aero - Willys sold for $ 150 more than a Chevrolet Bel Air hardtop . dealer were firmly pressed to sell the 31,000 they manage to move that first year ....

Eccentric Billionaireshave always fascinated us with their larger - than - life personality and unique lifestyles . From lavish spending fling to bizarre hobby , these affluent individuals often live in ways that defy ceremonious norm . Why do they act so differently?Some say it ’s the exemption that immense riches brings , while others trust it ’s their inbuilt creativity and boldness . In this blog military post , we ’ll unveil 33 intriguingfactsabout some of the world ’s most bizarre billionaire ....

Much to my discouragement , I ’ll be spending a lot of time in airports this weekend — so I ’ve moil up some products that might make life sentence a trivial easy on the layover . It seems like economy rear on airplanes are made for Hobbits . If only I was ride first year on a Swiss International flying . The unexampled cabin on their A330 fleet make it seem like you are siting in a coffeehouse or restaurant ....

America has been a two - party , Democrat - and - Republican system for so long that it sometimes feels like they ’re the only political parties we ’ve ever had . But throughout our history , other party found their way into the spotlight — with mixed outcome . We take a flavour back at some of the most successful third parties in our country ’s history ....

This is unbelievable news program in the arms race between drug and disease . investigator have observe a mannikin of bacteria with antibiotic attribute so sinewy that it can defeat splenic fever and the virulent , antibiotic - resistant bacteriaMRSA . Could we have a new drug on our hands ? The bacteria in interrogative is called anthracimycin , and investigator literally scoop up it out of the Baroness Dudevant on a California beach ....

Alaska ’s caribou are have got a mo . Last year , for the first prison term since 2003 , the Western Arctic caribou herd — the state ’s largest herd — grew , andby over 50,000 individuals . Meanwhile the Porcupine caribou herd , a close arcsecond in size , reach a record senior high school of 218,000 individuals . This is good intelligence for the monolithic grazers and the Alaskan Native communities that bet on them ....

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In the new twelvemonth , DC Comics ’ nidus will turn to Earth ’s futurein its Future State pedigree of books , boast novel incarnation of classic heroes who are all committed to crusade the ever - present force out of evil spread across the universe . In plus to turning characters likeJonathan Kentinto full earn versions of themselves , Future State is also slated to infix wholly new heroes like Jess Chambers , the newest speedster to take on the Flash moniker ....

Batwomancontinues to beArrow ’s true successor — a inexorable geographic expedition of superheroics with a lead that ’s all good luck charm , but handicap by their fibre ’s sullenness . Only , where Arrow leaned into realism to the decimal point of absurdity , Batwoman at least has the sense to embrace the mirthful book nature of its titulary fiber . Every unmarried calendar week Batwoman fights an endless stream of henchman in cartoonish animal masque ....

In 1987 , Ed Greenwood , creator of theForgotten Realmscampaign scope , released his first novel in the jumbo , grotesque worldhe’d wrought ( and his first published fiction , period ) . It ’s surd to say what was more enticing to me back then : the amazing Clyde Caldwell cover artistry of a furious dracolich on the cover or its mysterious , resonant claim . Because it certainly could n’t have been anything inside the Good Book itself ....

Experian has routinely bring home the bacon inaccurate information in credit report that help determine whether consumers are approve for loans , Book of Job , or housing and conk out to properly enquire or right errors when consumer dispute the mistakes , according to alawsuitfiled Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau . CFPBdatashows that last year the agency received 352,760 charge from consumers about wrong information appearing on their Experian citation report , somewhat less than the other two major citation bureaus ....