The Daily Populous

Friday January 26th, 2018 morning edition

image for 50 Cent forgot he had a stash of Bitcoin now worth $8m

50 Cent has discovered that he is a Bitcoin millionaire, thanks to some long-forgotten album sales.

In 2014, he released the album Animal Ambition and became the first artist to accept Bitcoin as payment.

The rapper received more than 700 Bitcoins under the deal, but then forgot about the cryptocurrency, according to celebrity newsite TMZ.

The hoard is worth $7-$8m, although the currency's price volatility means that could change fast.

In 2014, one Bitcoin was equivalent to about $662, but was worth about $11,200 on Thursday according to Coindesk.

50 Cent also posted a picture of himself on Instagram surrounded by Bitcoins, with the caption: "A little bit coin anyone?

Recently, French reality star Nabilla appeared on Snapchat on 12 January to encourage her fans to invest in Bitcoin. »

Remembering the Columbia disaster

Authored by astronomy.com

This year marks the 15th anniversary of Columbia’s last space shuttle mission, which suffered a catastrophic and fatal end.

On January 16, 2003, Columbia embarked on its 28th space shuttle mission, designated STS-107, to carry out a series of microgravity science experiments.

Around the time that Columbia should have been landing at the Kennedy Space Center, eyewitnesses near Dallas began reporting that the shuttle had disintegrated overhead. »

Monkey selfie photographer says he's broke: 'I'm thinking of dog walking'

Authored by theguardian.com

“It required a lot of knowledge on my behalf, a lot of perseverance, sweat and anguish, and all that stuff.”.

The websites refused, with Wikipedia claiming that the photograph was uncopyrightable because the monkey was the actual creator of the image.

“Every photographer dreams of a photograph like this,” Slater said of the image of a primate grinning toothily into the lens. »