The meaning of the term "Big Oil" has changed overnight, as state-controlled PetroChina became the first company worth more than $1 trillion, tripling its value Monday in its debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and making it by far the largest company in the world. picked by wags273 11 months ago tags oil trillion dollar trillion dollar petrochina world's first |
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It was the size of a dustbin lid and had a range of just half a mile. 1 comments edit related share technologyThe world's first mobile phone could hardly be more different to today's devices, which are small enough to slip inside a pocket and can call almost anywhere in the world. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago |
The maker of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" is suing the maker of two personal lubricants for infringing on its trademark in New York. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Amusing article, although the page is wayyy too busy. I'm pretty sure witty Plimates could add more to the list. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
Perhaps the first stars in the newborn universe did not shine, but instead were invisible “dark stars” 400 to 200,000 times wider than the sun and powered by the annihilation of mysterious dark matter. The study calculated how the birth of the first stars almost 13 billion years ago might have been influenced by the presence of dark matter – the unseen, yet-unidentified stuff tha... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
A Swiss company has created the world's first "aqua" car, that is able to drive on land, on top of water and even up to 33 feet under the sea. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago 3 comments edit related share technology |
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