The New Single-Medal Countries (and Two That Left the List)
A few weeks ago, we gave you 21 countries that have only won a single Olympic medal. Now that the London Games are through, it’s time to update our list with the countries that netted their first-ever medal this summer, and the two countries that have now moved into multiple medal territory.
First-time medals
Bahrain
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Bahrain thought [...]
Modern Day Pirates Have Their Own Letterheads
Piracy
sure has come a long way from the days of Blackbeard. For one, modern
day pirates have letterheads (or is it lettarrrrheads?).
Ben Berkowitz of Reuters came upon a correspondence from a pirate group
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