Cool Stuff

What's a Reishi Mushroom, and Why Is It so Good for My Immune System

By Emma C
Health food stores always stock all kinds of weird-sounding products. From herbal tinctures to medicinal supplements, anything and everything can be expected to be found there.However, one of the most recent additions to health food stores, and even pharmacies, are medicinal mushrooms like reishi.But what are reishi mushrooms? Why do we see reishi mushroom capsules sold alongside other medicinal supplements designed to improve the immune system? Is it helpful?What Actually Is A Reishi Mushroom?Everyone is familiar with regular mushrooms, both as delicious foods and simply fungus that you see growing in nature. However, much like other

Life

What Full Spectrum CBD Oil Means and Why It's Important

By Emma C
There are hundreds of different CBD oils on the market, with each brand offering its own carefully curated CBD formula. There are options to suit pretty much every taste and lifestyle, from flavored CBD oils to extra strength unflavored oils and pre-filled oil droppers.When choosing between CBD oils, most people tend to focus on the available flavor profiles and the oil’s strength. Much less attention is paid to the type of CBD contained within the CBD hemp oil tincture.However, the various types of CBD oil can affect both their effects and the user experience that they provide.

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How Is CBD Oil Different for Pets Than Humans?

By Emma C
Ever since CBD has become more accepted in recent years, both its use of and the number of different varieties has skyrocketed.In fact, it isn't just CBD for humans that’s popular; it has started to creep into other markets as well, including the pet industry.It is becoming a completely normal thing to find CBD for pets in every pet store or even health food store.Considering CBD for pets is seemingly very easy to get, it might be tempting to consider picking any old tincture up to use on you and your furry friend. However, it is

Pop Culture

Twitch: How to Get More Followers

By Emma C
While Twitch is a video game streaming service, it also has a significant social component that gamers can use to their advantage. By using specific techniques and following this simple Twitch guide with massive impact for workable tips, gamers can become popular on the site and gain more followers, fans, and subscribers in a relatively short amount of time.1 - Set Yourself GoalsOne of the essential things that every individual needs to do before they start streaming or begin any internet marketing is to determine their goals. A general rule-of-thumb might be "I want to make $50k+ per year"

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Casinos Before and After the Internet

By Emma C
As one of the most significant innovations in human history, the Internet transformed almost every segment of our lives in the recent past, and the thriving gambling industry is not lagging behind.Modern technologies have brought massive changes to the industry, and the way people gamble nowadays. This overview will help you understand how casinos worked before and after the Internet.Casinos Before the InternetLand-based betting venues have existed for centuries. Let’s go over the exciting and colorful history of their development:How It All StartedThe oldest venue in the world is the Casinó di Venezia, located in Venice,

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What Can You Do for Balding? A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatments

By Emma C
When you first speak with a dermatologist, they’ll look for signs of balding and ask you questions to get some information from you. They’ll want to know how long you’ve been losing your hair and how quickly it came on. They’ll also take a close look at your scalp and other areas with hair loss. And they’ll test the health of your hair by pulling on it, which tells them how your hair is growing and whether it’s susceptible to breaking or not.If there’s any reason to believe that your hair loss

Retro

The retro games that are making a comeback

By Emma C
If you were born in a certain era, you would have grown up with just a handful of different video games or arcade games to be played, often only at arcades or specialty bars. In the intervening years, video games have developed to the point that now gamers can play massively multiplayer online games such as Fortnite on their mobile devices. New video games feature nuanced plot points, character development, detailed graphics, finessed gameplay, and specialty features – so it might be surprising that a number of retro arcade games are becoming increasingly popular. Although the likes of Snake and Pong

70s

How Money Transactions Took Place In the 70s Compared To Today

By Emma C
The 1970s has a poor reputation for economic collapse, labor unrest, racism,  embarrassing music, and the list goes on. So was the decade as horrible as it has been made up to be?We are all tired of the dreaded ‘When I was a child..’ story that our parents  repeatedly tell us, and although it is hard to comprehend, they were once young. So much has changed since they were children, and each generation is more distinct than the previous. Let us travel back to the 1970s when the parents of today’s youth grew up. Since then,

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How To Avoid The Lottery Winners' Curse

By Emma C
If there is anything worse than your lottery numbers coming up and forgetting to buy a ticket, it’s winning the jackpot and blowing the lot — this is known as the lottery winners’ curse. A windfall awaits the winner of the lottery, but for some, such a life-changing pay-day is too much too soon. Among many, perhaps the most notorious of these winners is Michael Carol who got his big win during a draw of the UK’s National Lottery in the early 2000s. Nicknamed the Lotto Lout, living a life of excess meant he soon squandered the £9.7

90s

What Can We Learn From Barbarians at the Gate Today?

By Emma C
This Throwback Thursday, we're flashing back to the business classic Barbarians at the Gate. Originally a book written by business journalists John Helyar and Bryan Burrough, the HBO film version was released in 1993. Barbarians at the Gate tells the (ultimately unsuccessful) story of a group of RJR Nabisco executives who attempted to buy the entire company in what's called a leveraged buyout.On its own, the story is a fascinating look into the world of business, and an overall great example of business reporting. It's also home to a lot of lessons for anyone negotiating on behalf of corporations.
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