on What happened to Toys "R" Us?0 votes

there was a genuinely wild bidding war among private equity firms before the 2005 buyout that ended up sinking the company

on What happened since the Titanic wreck was found?0 votes

the OceanGate submersible that imploded in 2023 was actually on a tourist dive to see the wreck, a really grim modern chapter in the Titanic's story

on What happened since the Titanic wreck was found?0 votes

it was found in 1985 and has been slowly deteriorating ever since, bacteria are literally eating the metal, experts think it could collapse into rubble within a few decades.

on What happened to Rebecca Black after "Friday"?2 votes

she's talked openly about how brutal the online hate was for a 13 year old to deal with at the time, but she seems to have come out the other side pretty grounded about it.

on What happened to the computer language ALGOL?2 votes

academics loved it, industry mostly ignored it. classic case of a language being influential in papers but nobody wanting to actually ship products in it.