YouTube has grown into one of the most popular websites on the internet. But in 2008, Pakistan decided to block the website for political reasons. That led to the entire service being shut down globally. You won't believe why this happened.

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Have you ever been walking through the park or strolling down the street and you get that eerie feeling someone is watching you? Well, it turns out you may not be imagining it after all. A catalog of sneaky spy devices was leaked online and some of these gadgets are even crazier than you might think.

The largest ship anyone has realistically conceived is known as the freedom ship. It would have been the most expensive ship ever built and would have made a cruise liner look like a canoe. So what happened, and why did it end up not being a good idea?

Solar power is something we will see more and more of in the coming decades. But the technology seems to have needed a boost for a while. Well, that boost may finally be here. Scientists have discovered a crystal that allows us to print solar panels onto any surface, and it could revolutionize the solar power world.

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