Columbus Day News 2015: Alcoholism In Antarctica, The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Winners & More
It's Columbus Day!
If you have the day off in honor of a man many consider a genocidal invader, good for you. If not and you have to work today, eh...
Antarctica Is a Continent With a Drinking Problem
According to Wired, a recent report by the Office of the Inspector General details that scientists and contractors working on isolated outposts in the Antarctica are drinking. A lot. In fact, there's so much alcohol consumption going on that National Science Foundation officials told those compiling the report that problem has "led to fights, indecent exposure, and employees arriving to work under the influence."
Facebook Doesn't Like Paying Taxes
It may be one of the most valued companies in the world, reporting nearly $3 billion in profits, but it looks like Facebook doesn't pay that much in taxes. A new report by the BBC finds that the social media giant paid only £4,327 (a little over $6,500) in corporate U.K. taxes for 2014.
British Cops No Longer Looking to Arrest Assange
The police officers who have been stationed outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, waiting to arrest Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (who's been hiding out there since 2012 to avoid extradition to answers question in Sweden over allegations of sexual assault), have been removed.
The Author of the Pickup Bible The Game, Neil Strauss, Is Back
The former music journalist has a new memoir detailing his rise to fame and fortune writing about and teaching the techniques of so called "pick up artists," his eventual treatment for sex addiction, and getting married and staring a family. All of which are detailed in a new profile in The Guardian.
2015's Recipients for the Nobel Peace Prize
This year's distinguished award for those that promote and work for peace went to Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, a collation of four separate groups that are work to re-establish democracy in Tunisia (a country that's been in upheaval since its late 2010/early 2011 revolution that sparked the Arab Spring).
MH370 Found Or Hoax?
A woman in the Philippines is claiming that she found the wreckage of missing Malaysian airlines like flight MH370 in a jungle on one of the country's remote islands. But authorities are doubtful, since the location wouldn't jive with where the confirmed piece of MH370 wreckage was found in the Indian Ocean earlier this year.
Hollywood Stuntwoman Wakes Up From Her Coma
Olivia Jackson, the stuntwoman for Milla Jovovich in the Resident Evil movies who was serious injured while filming the last entry in the horror-action franchise, has woken up from her medically induced coma. Jackson released a statement on Facebook detailing her injuries, thanking friends and family for the support and vowing to "take it day by day."
