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It may have turned into an arctic tundra by the 1851 Franchise office, but that hasn’t stopped us from finding some fascinating links to get the mind all warmed up.
The world has been mourning musician, artist, actor and Renaissance man David Bowie since his passing on January 10. Fans have written soliloquies and obituaries commemorating the Starman’s storied career. Some outlets, including News Thump, are having fun celebrating the myth that is Bowie. - Andrew Stern
Bowie has had the distinction of being called a musical impresario and a tremendous collaborator, but one area of his career that has been criminally overlooked is his filmography. Bowie was actually a really great actor, turning in some memorable runs on television and in movies. - Chris Zois
Earthquakes seem to happen at the most random of times, even though there is a bounty of scientific data to help track their occurrences. These shakes in the earth happen more often than you think and a new visualization from 422 South showed how many quakes there have been between the beginning of 2000 and November 2015. - Matt Diaz
They say if it ain’t, broke don’t fix it. But that doesn’t mean you can’t improve a sustainable model. McDonald’s has had a track record of success, but the brand had decided to give some stores a fresher look. Some of McDonald’s U.S. franchises will be updating their stores with new decors and furniture to help compete with the modern designs of its competition. - Chad Cohen
Digital protection laws can often times be misconstrued. It seems every day there is a fabricated Facebook post about how Mark Zuckerberg is going to start charging us money to use the social networking site and track our data. It’s an intense subject and TechCrunch was nice enough to go over the recently agreed-upon General Data Protection Regulation legislation in Europe. - Jonny Egan
Netflix offers users a few different genres to choose from on the homepage, but those are usually catered to the user thanks to their aggregated likes. For those that want to discover hidden film gems, they can use Netflix genre codes. A crafty user on Reddit discovered genre codes that users can enter to find a whole list of eclectic films. You can now find your favorite Belgian movies or you can curl up and chill with a deep sea horror movie. - Megan Ferringer
When Elon Musk proclaims something, people tend to listen. The business magnate and Tesla CEO recently unveiled a new beta feature for the automobile company called Summon. The new program will help park Tesla cars on their own, thus eliminating the need to spend 20 minutes to parallel park in a cramped spot. The talk of whether the automobiles will become sentient and if a Christine-like event will occur is still up for debate. - Ryan Paul
Texting gradually took over phone calls and now it looks as if messaging will be taking over texting. Messaging apps are the hottest new app on the tech market these days and Vine founder Dom Hofmann wants in on the action with the new app, Peach. Users can still send standard messages back and forth, but hey will also be able to send gifs, drawings, pictures and even videos. Soon we won’t need to get off our couches to converse with everyone. – Andi Summers
Hard to believe but there hasn’t been an NFL team in Los Angeles since 1994. You would think with the City of Angels having every other type of sports team under the sun there would be football, but that is just not the case. Well, residents of LA no longer need to fret as NFL owners just approved to let the St. Louis Rams come back home to California. The team will start playing in LA starting in the 2016 season and their projected $3 billion in Inglewood, California will hopefully be open in 2019. The San Diego Chargers have a one-year option to join the rams in SoCal and if they do not exercise that right by Jan. 15, 2017, the Oakland Raiders will have to option to come to Inglewood. – Rachel Stolba
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