THE BEATLES

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Did you know there are various ways to rate the best-selling rock albums of all time? # images went directly to the official source.

According to the Recording Industry Association of America® (RIAA). Specifically, tracked certified units sold as of February 2023. In terms of what constitutes a "rock" album, we went with consensus and inclusion of sub-genres of the "rock" category, such as hard rock/heavy metal, pop rock, soft rock, and folk rock.

WEED

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There has been much chatter about the differences between Cannabis vs Hemp and the following Blog post offers some insights.
 

The industrial hemp, is a botanical class of Cannabis sativa cultivars grown specifically for industrial use. It can be used to make a wide range of products. Along with bamboo, hemp is among the fastest growing plants on Earth. It was also one of the first plants to be spun into usable fiber 50,000 years ago. 

SINGLE MOMS

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Single moms may have the most underrated and difficult jobs on earth but society has yet to give them the credit they deserve.

RUSSIA HATE - $8.8B

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The longtime neutral government of Switzerland has frozen $8.81 billion in financial assets belonging to Russians.

Neutrality is one of the main principles of Switzerland's foreign policy which dictates that Switzerland is not to be involved in armed or political conflicts between other states. This policy is self-imposed and designed to ensure external security and promote peace.

This action is a result of sanctions designed to punish Moscow for its illegal invasion of the neighboring nation of Ukraine.

RIP SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR

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During a crucial period in American law — when abortion, affirmative action, sex discrimination and voting rights were on the docket — she was the most powerful woman in the country.

Sandra Day O’Connor was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and its most powerful justice for much of her tenure,

OUTLIVES THEM ALL

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Image of Jimmy Carter holding hands with his wife of 77 years. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)

WOMEN LIVE LONGER

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For 100 years, US women outlived US men, due to cardiovascular and lung cancer death rates related largely to smoking habits..

A new study systematically examines the contributions of COVID-19 and other underlying causes of death to the widened gender life expectancy gap from 2010 to 2021.

As life expectancy at birth in the US decreased for the second consecutive year, from 78.8 years (2019) to 77.0 years (2020) and 76.1 years (2021), the gap between women and men widened to 5.8 years, its largest since 1996 and an increase from a low of 4.8 years in 2010