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Polish president prank called by fake Emmanuel Macron

 On the 3rd of November 2022 the polish president Andrzej Duda was called by a person claiming to be Emmanuel Macron, the president of France. In reality he was speaking to infamous russian prank callers Vovan and Lexus. This is the second time they have called him, the first time being in 2020. They have also prankcalled multiple other world leaders before. In this conversation the russians were asking him about the recent missle strike that was in Poland. Their talk continued for a couple minutes before Duda realised the person on the phone wasn't really Emmanuel Macron.  In my opinion this is a very bad thing to happen. It not only shows the security problems and organisation problems in the polish government but also shows how easily the president can be fooled to believe he's talking to someone he has met many times before. Andrzej Duda has met Emmanuel Macron multiple times and still couldn't recognise through the phone that he wasn't talking with him. The strong ...

Theranos founder sentenced to 11 years of prison

 In 2003, at the age of 19 Elizabeth Holmes started a company called Theranos. Later she dropped out of Stanford University to pursue the company full time. Almost 10 years later she started claiming to have invented a new blood testing technology that would be a lot easier, faster and cheaper than what we have now. Theranos raised over 945 million dollars from many famous investors like Rupert Murdoch, Larry Ellison or Betsy DeVos. The company became valued at 9 billion dollars soon after. In 2015 a Wall Street Journal investigation uncovered that Elizabeth Holmes wasn't using any new technology but a third-party testing device that had questionable accuracy that could be dangerous the patients. In 2018 she was charged with fraud as well as other charges and recently was sentenced to 11 years in prison and has to pay many. In my opinion what Elizabeth Holmes did is horrible. Not only she made people loose over 700 million dollars but also she endangered many people to health risks...

Inappropriate KFC promotion

  On the 9th of November in Germany there is an anniversary of the Kristallnacht - the night in 1938 where Nazi-led attacks destroyed over 90 Jewish-owned businesses. On this day there are many memorial events reflecting Nazi Germany and their actions in WW2. Every person which had the KFC app installed or had other notifications from KFC was sent a message saying  "It's memorial day for Kristallnacht! Treat yourself with more tender cheese on your crispy chicken. Now at KFCheese!". An hour after this event KFC removed the message, apologised for it and blamed the automatic system which they use for sending notifications for holidays or other events. I think that this is sort of a funny mishap but not the historical event of course. This also shows how companies such as KFC use special occasions to make some extra money. They make promotions or ads which make more people to buy their products because it's a special day or maybe a good deal. I think that they shouldn...

A possible lead to Egypt's greatest mystery

 A couple days ago another great discovery was made in Egypt. During an excavation of the Taposiris Magna Temple. This temple is believed to be dedicated to Osiris - the most important god of the ancient Egypt. The archeologists have found a 1.3km long tunnel 13 meters under the ground. This is the first time a tunnel was found under a temple. It is speculated that this tunnel may lead into the long-lost tomb of Cleopatra, the last pharaoh of Egypt. Dr Kathleen Martinez has been looking for Cleopatra's tomb for 15 years and has found numerous statues and coins of her but this is the most important thing she has ever found. She believes that "This is the perfect spot for the tomb of Cleopatra" I think that this is a very important discovery that can help us solve more mysteries because if this actually is a part of Cleopatra tomb we might try to look under more temples and find a lot more things. From unveiling something like that the history of the ancient Egypt will be c...