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These Monkeys Have Learned to Hold Tourists to Ransom!

Bonus Video: A Cheeky Macaque in Action Source: newscientist Images: depositphotos These Macaques Have Learnt What a Ransom is!

Let's Play: Can You Help the Knight Free His Princess?

The Valiant Knight's beloved wife, the Princess, has been abducted by vicious orcs that are demanding an exorbitant ransom to free her. Can you help him along his dangerous journey to freeing her, avoiding obstacles, orcs, and collecting as many gold coins as you can along the way?

Great Joke: The National Crisis Situation

"And they're asking for a $100 million dollar ransom." "Jeez Louise!" moaned John. "Otherwise, they are going to douse them all in gasoline and set them on fire!" "Lord have mercy!" cried John. "We are going from car to car, collecting donations." "How much is everyone giving, on average?"

10 Unusual Wedding Traditions From Around the World

Ransom for the Bride Country: Russia A Russian groom is made to work hard to be deemed deserving of his beloved. He is tasked with showing up to the bride’s home and asking for her.

The Golden Era of Pirates Was Filled With Fearsome Men!

Nowadays, piracy takes the form of kidnappings for ransoms and threats screamed from behind the barrel of a machine gun.

Negotiate Like an FBI Agent Using These Simple Tactics

if someone demands 500,000 dollars as a ransom, Voss might respond with something like, “I fully understand, but I need you to take a look at the whole picture here. How am I supposed to do that?” This causes the other person to put themselves into Voss’ shoes.

7 Old & Fascinating Easter Traditions No Longer Practiced

Predominantly observed in England, Hocktide involved various community rituals, including the "hocking" of men by women on Monday and vice versa on Tuesday, where individuals would be captured and only released upon payment of a small ransom.

10 Must-See Sights in the Moroccan City of Marrakesh

Palais El Badii (Palace) The Palace El Badii, which now contains ruins, was once invested and maintained due to the ransom money paid by the Portuguese after the War of the Three Kings during the 16th century.

Computer Guide: How to Format Your Computer - PC & Mac

computers accumulate a lot of "garbage" (problems in the file system, old apps in the memory) over the years, which makes them slower and more prone to security breaches, but you may get a virus that is wrecking your computer or worse - theft of personal details or a hacking that puts your files on ransom

Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin

Such robbers can break into your "digital wallet" and transfer the "coins" to their account, or block your access to your wallet and ask for a ransom payment.

Proof That the Most Dangerous Criminals Today Are Hackers

For users to regain access to their drives and reboot their systems, the malware first demands a payment to be made in Bitcoin, essentially holding users' hard drives ransom. The 2nd attack occurred in 2017 with an updated version of the virus called NotPetya.