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Sotheby’sAmerica, created by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan, is a fully functional toiletA gold toilet that fetched $12.1m (£9.3m) at auction was bought by Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, after its first casting was stolen from Blenheim Palace in 2019.America, created by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan, is a fully functional toilet, made from more than 15st 13lb (101.2kg) of solid 18-carat gold.The first version of the work was initially installed in a public bathroom at the Guggenheim museum in New York in 2016 but hit the news again three years later when a gang of thieves stole it from…

By Taylor Bell, updated November 19, 2025 The blockchain landscape is constantly evolving, and Filecoin continues to push the boundaries of decentralized storage. Its latest initiative, Filecoin Onchain Cloud launch, introduces a verifiable cloud model that could fundamentally alter how Web3 developers and startups build applications. By merging cryptographic verification with cloud computing, Filecoin is aiming to create a more secure, transparent, and developer-friendly ecosystem. What Makes Verifiable Cloud Revolutionary Unlike conventional cloud services, verifiable cloud computing allows computations to be checked for correctness without requiring trust in a single provider. This cryptographic proof ensures that off-chain processes are accurate…

Ricky Ponting takes a critical stance on the pitch conditions in Kolkata, arguing that the extreme turning nature of the surface is counterproductive for India’s own batting lineup. He endorses Rishabh Pant as the ideal choice for captain in the upcoming Test, highlighting Pant’s vast experience in the IPL. NEW DELHI: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has delivered a sharp assessment of India’s Test defeat to South Africa in Kolkata, warning that India’s strategy of preparing extreme turners is now backfiring on their own batters. With Rishabh Pant expected to lead India in the second Test in Guwahati due to…

The Assam State School Education Board has officially issued the Assam Board examination date sheet 2026 for both Class 10 and Class 12 students. Candidates appearing for the High School Leaving Certificate Examination (HSLC) can view the schedule on the Board of Secondary Education, Assam’s (SEBA) website, while the Higher Secondary (HS) final timetable is available on the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) portal.According to the announcement, the Class 10 HSLC examinations will commence on 10 February 2026 and conclude on 27 February 2026. The examinations will be held in two sessions:Morning session: 9:00 am to 12:00 noonAfternoon session:…

The future of the IP market may run through the Base chain – at least according to purrLabs, the Web3 entertainment company betting big on Coinbase’s Layer-2 network. As tokenized characters, AI-driven brands, and on-chain creator economies explode across crypto, Base chain has emerged as the fast, cheap, and consumer-ready battleground for next-generation intellectual property. With purrLabs partnering with District.xyz, and Coinbase backing Base into the #1 consumer L2, more builders are asking whether Base is quietly becoming the new infrastructure standard for the global IP market. (Source – marketgrowthreport) Is Base Chain Really Becoming the Foundation of IP Capital…

Enjoyed this article? Share it with your friends! Coinbase $3.26B plans to launch its decentralized trading option, called “DeFi Mullet”, for users in Brazil. The feature lets people trade a wide range of tokens directly in the Coinbase app, without having to switch to other platforms.The tool runs on Base, Coinbase’s own network built on Ethereum ETH $3,019.26 . It first became available in the United States on October 8. Did you know? Want to get smarter & wealthier with crypto? Subscribe – We publish new crypto explainer videos every week! Remittance Explained: Will This Newcomer Change the Game? (ANIMATED)…

The NZD/USD pair gains some positive traction on Thursday and recovers a part of the previous day’s heavy losses to the lowest level since April 9. Spot prices stick to intraday gains above the 0.5600 mark through the early European session, though a sustained US Dollar (USD) buying might cap the upside ahead of the delayed release of the US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) report for September.From a technical perspective, the recent downfall witnessed over the past two months or so along two converging trend lines constitutes the formation of a bullish falling wedge on the daily chart. That said, the…

If pressed to pick the most inter­na­tion­al art fig­ure of the past dozen years, one could do much worse than the Swedish artist-mys­tic Hilma af Klint, despite her hav­ing been dead for more than 80 years now. As evi­denced by the links at the bot­tom of the post, we’ve been fea­tur­ing her here on Open Cul­ture since 2017, first in the con­text of whether she counts as the first abstract painter. Just a few years before that, prac­ti­cal­ly no one in the world had ever heard her name, let alone beheld any of her more than 1,200 paint­ings and draw­ings.…

Kim Kardashian Reacts to O.J. Simpson’s Estate Selling Dad Robert Kardashian Sr.’s BibleKhloe Kardashian is well aware of the rumors about the identity of her biological father. Bible. So, when Kim Kardashian revealed she was actually the anonymous buyer who paid over $80,000 last year to obtain a Bible dad Robert Kardashian Sr. had gifted to his longtime friend O.J. Simpson, the sisters couldn’t pass up the opportunity to poke fun at the longstanding speculation surrounding Khloe’s true paternity. “What a–holes just to not just give it to us,” Khloe quipped on the Nov. 20 episode of The Kardashians, referring…

“His name is Nuppeppo. Japanese monster,” the man sitting next to us said, grimacing and holding up his fingers like claws. He was wearing a headband that made it look like an axe was buried in his skull. It was Halloween in Shinjuku, and I was holed up with a friend in a tiny bar up a steep flight of stairs underneath a stained-glass window modeled after one in Dario Argento’s “Suspiria.” Outside in the Times Square of Tokyo, it was raining, and we were amusing ourselves by opening up the little plastic balls we’d bought at a gachapon arcade. …