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US - Jul 15, 2026 - In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg asked his Harvard roommate Joe Green to join Facebook: Green said no, and the missed stake has been estimated at hundreds of millions - In 2004, Joe Green chose not to accept Mark Zuckerberg's invitation to Facebook, largely due to previous disciplinary troubles at Harvard and his father's fears about potential expulsion. This pivotal decision led to a significant missed opportunity, as Green later ventured into politics and created Causes, a platform for social good. Despite this path, he holds no regrets and continues to maintain a friendship with Zuckerberg.

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Facebook rejected Brian Acton's job application in 2009: Five years later, it paid him $19 billion to buy WhatsApp

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A Florida alligator has been filmed eating an invasive Burmese python in the Everglades, a rare glimpse of a native predator turning the tables

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US - Jul 15, 2026 - Who is Darline Graham? Lindsey Graham's sister sworn in as South Carolina's first woman senator after his death - Darline Graham, the younger sister of late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, has officially been sworn into the US Senate after her brother's sudden death, becoming the first woman to represent South Carolina in the Senate. The 62-year-old was appointed by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster to complete the remainder of Lindsey Graham's term, which runs until January 2027.

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US resumes Iran naval blockade, launches fourth straight day of strikes over Strait of Hormuz

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When U.S. honeybees began collapsing in 2006, scientists raced to find the cause. Nearly 20 years later, the hive crisis is still not fully solved

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Indian man Anshul Kuncha's murder in Philadelphia: 14-year-old boy arrested, charged

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E Jean Carroll receives $5.6 million in sexual abuse case after years-long legal battle with Trump

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Indian-origin Florida man targeted in a fake 'Muslim city' conspiracy; he files lawsuit, says he's not even Muslim

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Indian man dies in skydiving accident in Massachusetts, fell from 30 feet above in 'sudden, unexpected gust of wind'

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Meet Mira Trivedi, Indian-origin student in New Jersey who's pushing her school to not call Hitler's symbol 'swastika'

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In 1905, a California canal burst and flooded a town, an Indian reservation, and dozens of farms before creating the Salton Sea, California's largest lake today

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New York bans data center permits for one year: 'As data center development threatens ⁠to hike up utility bills... it's my responsibility...'

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Meet Carol Ruckdeschel: 84-year-old 'wildest woman in America' who has been living on an island for the 53 years in order to preserve nature for the future

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Trump tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court: How much has been refunded so far

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Daylight saving time could become permanent in the US. What would that change?

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Florida man tries to sell 'rare hawksbill turtle shell' on Facebook at $2,700, ends up being charged with wildlife felony

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'Second in a week': Protests erupt after ICE agent fatally shoots Colombian man in US

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'Possible target for a nice big fat shot': Trump threatens strike on key Iran Nuclear site

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US plans to bar its citizens in Congo from flying home directly amid Ebola outbreak

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'Responsibility to protect Americans': Trump tells US Congress fighting with Iran has resumed

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US launches third straight night of strikes on Iran as Strait of Hormuz tensions escalate

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Colombian man with Social Security Number, work authorization killed by ICE agents in Maine: 'He was bleeding profusely from the head'

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Middle East crisis: US to resume naval blockade of Iranian ports, warns vessels of interception

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' billionaire widow Laurene grew up lower middle class, couldn't afford a single holiday, but now spends summers aboard her $120 million superyacht

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Zombie filler: Dead people's fat is the latest beauty trend

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US judge scraps Trump's IRS settlement deal, says lawsuit sought to 'manipulate judicial process'

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Ex-Meta techie wraps up 14 years of life in US after layoff, says he's tired of immigration clock

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'Intolerable threat to US sovereignty': Why Trump wants to 'dismantle' International Criminal Court

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'King' Guramrit Sidhu sentenced to 20 years in prison in Los Angeles for US-Canada drug trafficking; spared from life sentence as lawyer says his offence was not violent

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Quote of the day by Muhammad Ali, "The Greatest": "I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because..." - a timeless lesson reveals that the purest acts of kindness are often the ones no one ever sees

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'Mojtaba Khamenei is 90% gone': Donald Trump's big claim as US strikes on Iran continue

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H-1B techie, stuck in India for 18 months, sues officials for delay in visa; court dismisses, says it's not unreasonable

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Who guards Hormuz and who gets paid? Trump and Iran clash over control of the strait

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United States spent nearly a century extinguishing almost every forest fire, but scientists now say the policy left forests primed for today's larger and more destructive megafires

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Early Americans may have lived on mammoths and giant sloths, but when those animals vanished, their diets had to change

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She moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco for an AI job. The biggest difference wasn't the technology

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Jeff Bezos's ex-wife MacKenzie Scott is still worth $33 billion after giving away $10 million a day for seven years, but she once worked as a dishwasher and waitress, earning minimum wage of $4.25 an hour

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Every autumn, an ordinary Oregon forest suddenly starts smiling after foresters in 2011 planted western larch trees in a secret pattern among thousands of Douglas firs

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Mitch McConnell issues proof he's alive in a photo from hospital, Internet says release a video to prove photo is not AI-generated

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'Get ready for sudden death': Iran media's Lindsey Graham reference in warning to Trump, Netanyahu

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From 'Islamic Republic of Japan' to 'Leon' Musk: List of Trump's latest verbal mix-ups

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This AI founder walked away from a $300,000 life in San Francisco: 'No money could make me stay here'

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65-year-old grandfather attacked by a Yellowstone bison was cracking jokes despite breaking multiple bones

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8-year-old Florida boy collected over 50 robot vacuums, learned to repair them and built a YouTube brand that earned up to $1,800 in a month: Meet Wyatt Biggs

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What happened in Lindsey Graham's final hours? Trump call, Ukraine trip, cardiac emergency and sudden death at 71

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Quote of the day by Michael Jordan: "I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But..." - the life lesson that proves regret often lasts longer than failure

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'To hold Iranian forces accountable': US launches fresh strikes on Iran as tensions flare over Hormuz attacks

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At 18, Maya Merhige completes 21.4-mile North Channel swim in 12 hours, moves closer to Oceans Seven record

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A customer left behind extra lottery tickets at an Arizona Circle K, and one later won $12.8 million; now the clerk who tried to claim it says he did nothing wrong

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While Jeff Bezos was sitting in the passenger seat writing Amazon's business plan in 1994, his wife MacKenzie Scott was driving them on a 2,000-mile road trip across US in a borrowed car

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