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Dr. Keerthana Yadav - Women of Impact Award

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Dr. Keerthana Yadav - Women of Impact Award
From Nation, For Nation - Pulse of the Nation
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola

Did Coca-Cola Invent the Modern Image of Santa Claus? Santa rocked red before Coca-Cola

Back in 2007, a controversy the size of Santa’s jelly belly rocked the world. Claims were made that Claus wears his iconic scarlet apparel because it’s the same color as Coca–Cola’s branding. Yikes! The thought of explaining to starry-eyed youngsters that Jolly Old Saint Nicholas wears red because of soda “Mad Men” filled many parents’ hearts with dread.

Fortunately, a little Christmas history reveals everybody’s favorite giant elf has been sporting shades of ruby, vermilion, and burgundy since the 1860s, about 70 years before Coca-Cola developed its iconic image of St. Nick.

Read on to find out more about the evolution of the North Pole’s most famous resident and Coca-Cola’s actual role in the cultivation of his image. →

WOW
WOW

Endurance Shipwreck Found 106 Years After Antarctic Sinking

Anglo-Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship HMS Endurance was rediscovered in 2022 more than 100 years after it sank in the depths of the Antarctic Ocean in 1915. Even more remarkably, it was found in fairly good condition! →
From Globe, For Globe - Pulse of the Planet
James Webb
James Webb
James Webb Space Telescope Reaches Final Destination The telescope will be able to unravel some of the mysteries of the universe.

The James Webb Space Telescope, also called JWST or Webb, reaches its final destination. Known as the second Lagrange point or L2, this location is where JWST will orbit the sun approximately 1 million miles from Earth and use its powerful mirror gaze closer than ever before at the beginning of time and unravel the mysteries of the universe. If your interest is piqued, you’re in luck! The impressively large space-based observatory has plenty of room on board for some interstellar info.

Keep reading to learn about the most powerful telescope ever sent into space — the result of a combined effort between NASA and the European and Canadian space agencies and more than 20 years of planning and development. →

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