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And thereby disqualifies drones. In December 2013, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced Prime Air, which features product delivery by flying robot drones.

Bezos stated the program would launch in 2015; in light of this ruling, Amazon drones probably won’t be taking off anytime soon.

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This is the crux of the letter; Galileo defends heliocentrism, the astronomical model in which all planets orbit around the sun.

Galileo’s writings were submitted to the Roman Inquisition and prompted the papal authorities to decide whether heliocentrism was acceptable. Galileo was summoned to Rome to defend his position.

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Dicky has the pull of Zach Morris, one of the main characters of the 90s show Saved by the Bell. Morris was a charming heartthrob with a playboy persona.

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Aereo offers subscribers the ability to watch and record local broadcast television over the internet for a monthly fee. It does so without a license and without paying a fee to copyright holders.

ABC sued Aereo for copyright infringement. The case reached the Supreme Court, which, in a 6-3 vote, ruled against Aereo.

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Yo basically unbundles the poke feature from Facebook and repackages it in a fun mobile experience. Users can send a “Yo” with only one click, making it one of the easiest and fastest ways to send a message.

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Twitter launched its redesign in April 2014 in an effort improve the photo-viewing experience and to make it easier to explore past tweets. Many media outlets pointed out that the redesign did closely resemble Facebook.

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In fact, in the last seven years, the beemageddon has been so severe that it has its own wiki page: the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Since 2008, the CCD has wiped out an estimated 10 million beehives, worth $2 billion.

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According to the annual report issued by the USDA and the “Bee Informed Partnership”:

Total losses of managed honey bee colonies was 23.2 percent nationwide for the 2013-2014 winter.

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In January 2014, the EPA pledged to fund over $450,000 in research projects to reduce the use of pesticides that may harm honeybees.

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