๐Ÿ™ˆ Useless Fact of the Day

The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; `7` was selected after the original 7-ounce containers and `UP` for the direction of the bubbles.
๐Ÿ“ฐ News
Frank Richard Ahlgren III tried to stash $1 million in crypto profits from Uncle Sam. Turns out, hiding Bitcoin is harder than hiding your browser history from the NSA! Congrats, Frank: you just mined yourself two years in the slammer!
Navigating open source is like trying to balance a cat on a moving Roomba. Companies embrace the freedom like it's karaoke night, but when they realize the microphone's on and investors are watching, they revert to proprietary ballads. What a licensing symphony! ๐ŸŽถ
University students using AI to cheat? It's like turning in a robotic love letter and hoping your crush doesn't notice the metallic whiff. Being accused of cheating because your essay was coherent? Next up: flunking for using paragraph breaks!
Telegram's taking a page from 'Marie Kondo for Cybercrime,' sweeping out 15.4 million junk groups! Durov's on โ‚ฌ5 million bailโ€”guess cleaning up won't just be therapeutic, it'll also finance a new hobby: gourmet baguettes!
Americans now hold the world record for living long but feeling lousy. Apparently, our national pastime isnโ€™t baseball anymoreโ€”itโ€™s chronic illness. Imagine paying more for healthcare and still finishing last. Is there a bronze medal for missed doctor visits?
So, a guy named Dan hated buying digital games so much he turned a PSP into a mini PS2. At $274.99, you can pretend itโ€™s 2001 again without leaving your couch. Finally, a reason to dust off my UMD collection!
LG quitting Blu-ray players? Looks like theyโ€™ve changed their slogan to "Lifeโ€™s not-so-good." But donโ€™t worry, folks! With Blu-ray declining, you can always repurpose your old player as a retro paperweight or a glorified cheese slicer!
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๐Ÿ—๏ธ Last Puzzle Solution
๐Ÿ”ข Move Just One
The puzzle from ISSUE-459 โ†—๏ธ
When the first โ€˜2โ€™ is moved downwards and to the left, it creates the following equation: 2(1/3) = 21/9
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