Amazon planes just got a new coat of paint. If you’re not aware, Amazon has leased 20 cargo planes, back in March 2016, from a Wilmington, Ohio company called Air Transport Services Group. In addition to its own fleet, Amazon relies on UPS, Fedex and USPS for the delivery of the products it sells online. The new paint have the words “Prime Air” emblazoned on them. This is in addition to a fleet of drones Amazon plans to use in metropolitan areas.
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espn.com
If you’re a sports fan, you probably have visited ESPN’s website. I’ve always wondered why the website redirects you to espn.go.com every time you typed in just espn.com. Well, say no more. It now works. Sort of. Most websites have dropped the www altogether, but ESPN.com decided to keep theirs. So, www.espn.com it is.
The Modern Olympics
The Olympics is really, really old. It goes all the way back to the Greek antiquity – 776 BC to be precise. But who gets the credit for starting the modern Olympic games? Apparently, it was through the efforts of a French named Baron Pierre de Coubertin. He was tired of seeing France lose wars, so he started the the revival of the Olympics. The first modern Olympic games were held in Athens in 1896. Read more about the Olympic revival from this article from Deadspin.