began expanding to everywhere. Now facebook has over 1 billion users and Zuckerburg is a multi-millionaire. Without facebook the world would be so much different‚ social media has changed the way the world communicates. Instead of texting 8 different people‚ i can go on facebook and send a multiple instant message and get an instant answer. Facebook has also changed event planning‚ since everyone has a facebook‚ everyone can get invites sooner without waiting in the mail. I look upto Zuckerburg
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The film‚ "The Machines that Changed the World"‚ was not only extremely enlightening‚ but also surprisingly intriguing. Although the video provided abundant information‚ I will only touch on the most imperative aspects. World War II was a time of rockets‚ atomic bombs‚ and ENIAC. ENIAC which stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer was created by John Presper Eckert and John Mauchly in 1946. ENIAC’s initial purpose was to calculate biolistic tables of guns for the war. Unfortunately
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boarding school. On top of that he had a gambling problem when he was younger‚ but there is always a silver lining. “Poe’s father and mother‚ both professional actors‚ died before the poet was three years old”(poets.org). Edgar Allan Poe has changed the world of poetry forever. Edgar Allan Poe‚ a renowned poet‚ was born in Boston‚ Massachusetts on January 19‚ 1809. Both of poe parents had died when he was at a young age. “John and Frances Allan raised him as a foster child in Richmond‚ Virginia”(poets
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Earhart‚ the first woman to make a transatlantic flight. Later‚ airplanes were used in expeditions and‚ after a while‚ multi-engine planes were being chartered and used for expedient travel. These charters started out with private planes and their owners‚ putting their services up for hire. Before long‚ there was an industry of commercial planes providing transportation to the public for a price. Around the same time‚ airplanes became the new wave of transport for freight. Not only was this used
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France — The Industrial Revolution changed the world. The Revolution took place in the 1700s and 1800s and was a time when many important technological advances were made. It made it easier for everyone to benefit from new inventions and ideas. However‚ even though technology became more common‚ many people did not have the training to use it. Technology sped up‚ but not enough people could get a good education. Since then‚ leaders have been trying to figure out how to make sure everyone gets a good
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The world has changed for the worse. Humans are destroying our society. Our economy is getting worse. Our crime rates are going up daily. Racism is tearing apart our society. Society is undergoing many changes and is changing for the worse. There are many contributing factors that is making the USA economy go downhill . People earning minimum wage are not making enough money to pay their bills . November 2013 through January 2014 the Wal-mart company was losing profit because sales were low
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our days‚ we used to travel a lot‚ most of the time we travel by airplane. If you really take the time to think about it‚ flying by plane seems to be now one of the best ways to travel. But does this mean that traveling by plane is the safest way? As time has passed‚ it has become necessary to travel on airplanes‚ yet in spite of many advancements remains a concern for passengers‚ because it has become common to hear about airplane crashes.The major causes of fallen aircraft are human mistakes‚
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10 Inventions that changed the World The Telephone The telephone is an instrument that converts voice and sound signals into electrical impulses for transmission by wire to a different location‚ where another telephone receives the electrical impulses and turns them back into recognizable sounds. In 1875‚ Alexander Graham Bell built the first telephone that transmitted electrically the human voice. The History of Computers There are many major milestones in the history of computers
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“Alea iacta est”. With those words Julius Caesar crossed the River Rubicon in northern Italy and forever changed the history of the world. Rolling the die was exactly what Caesar was doing when he decided to challenge the authority of the Roman Republic that until now he had served. While it is easy to give specific dates as to when the government shifted to Caesar’s ‘Dictator for Life’ role‚ as well as for when his nephew Octavian (Augustus) received his new name and new titles of Caesar/Emperor
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TEN EQUATIONS THAT CHANGED THE WIRLD The brightest minds in history have used mathematics to lay the foundation for how we measure and understand our universe. Time and time again‚ we have proved that it only takes one simple formula to alter the course of humanity. Here are ten equations that did just that. ISSAC NEWTON’S LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION Newton’s law explains why planets move the way they do‚ and how gravity works‚ both on earth and throughout the universe. First published in the
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