Christopher Columbus: Why he doesn’t deserve his own national holiday

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Every year, children across the country are taught about the great adventurer that was Christopher Columbus. Famously sailing the ocean blue in 1492, millions of grade-school students in the U.S. were and are still taught to believe that Columbus was a great man who discovered America against all odds.

And in honor of the great explorer that is Christopher Columbus, every second Monday in October, going back to 1937, is a designated national holiday called Christopher Columbus Day.

Only thing is, the true history surrounding who Columbus was and the events surrounding his “discovery” of America quickly reveals that he is hardly a man worth celebrating. Quite the contrary, there is an avalanche of evidence pointing to Columbus being an absolutely deplorable human being not worthy of his own holiday, and certainly not worthy of anyone’s admiration.

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Feel the power with the APC 8-outlet Uninterruptible Power Supply on sale on Amazon

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Whether you’re at your desk with your Mac or PC, using a mobile wireless network, playing video games or using any other device in your home or office, there’s never a good time to lose power. And we all have a lot of devices these days, which all can be powered with the APC BE650G1 Back-UPS 650VA 8-outlet Uninterruptible Power Supply for sale on Amazon for $57.99 with free shipping.

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Detailed NASA photos show where ‘The Martian’ would have been stranded on Mars

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The Martian is the talk of the town, an incredible space movie that makes traveling – and surviving on Mars – seem entirely plausible. Using technology that’s carefully inspired from what’s currently available to astronauts, Andy Weir invented an adventure in space that’s scary, yet very enjoyable. NASA certainly helped out with the movie, as director Ridley Scott and star Matt Damon revealed, and the space agency seems to be quite psyched about the entire project. Probably because it means extra publicity for a real upcoming mission – NASA announced that it plans to send a manned mission to March in the very near future.

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Getflix frees Netflix by removing digital borders

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Streaming services are wildly popular right now, taking advantage of our insatiable need for entertainment. Music, movies and TV shows are available from a variety of companies, further encouraging cord-cutters to ditch their cable subscriptions. Sites like Netflix, HBO Go, Hulu, Amazon and others offers access to countless hours of content, though there’s one major roadblock for many users: all these streaming services are blocked in areas of the world outside the U.S. Geo-blocking, however, can be circumvented through the use of VPN services that allow you to appear as though you’re actually in the U.S. on a computer that is actually outside of America.

One company that seems to stand out from the various VPN providers available to users is Getflix, a service that will give you access to Netflix and other U.S.-based streaming sites you might want to access while traveling (or if you’re a foreign customer).

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Watch: Conan imagines what a ‘Michael Dell’ movie similar to ‘Steve Jobs’ would be like

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Aaron Sorkin’s new movie Steve Jobs opened this past weekend and took in an average of $130,000 per theater showing the film. For those wondering how that compares to other movies, no film this year has grossed more money per theater; Steve Jobs opened in just four theaters this past weekend and racked up $521,000 at the box office.

With Dell in the news this morning thanks to its historic $67 billion EMC buy, we have to wonder: would a similar movie about Michael Dell be as interesting as Sorkin’s new Jobs film? As it turns out, Conan O’Brien already answered that question for us.

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