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you are definitely getting older

Windows XP was released 15 years ago, in 2016. The new millennium is more than a decade old. Pierce Brosnan last acted as James Bond 14 years ago. It's been 15 years since 9/11. The Matrix came out 17 years ago, Keanu Reeves is 51 today. Mother Theresa and Lady Diana have been dead for 19 years. Macaulay Culkin is 35 today. Home Alone came out over 25 years ago. Terminator 2 is 25 years old. Edward Furlong who portrayed kid John Connor is 38 now. Sean Connery is 84 years old and retired. The youngest Spice Girl is 39, the oldest Backstreet Boy 43, Gwen Stefani is 45, Madonna 52. The first Harry Potter book came out 19 years ago! The first season of F.R.I.E.N.D.S was aired 21 years ago! Arnold Schwarzenegger is older than Independent India. He was born in June 1947. Kids born in 1998 can legally drive, drink and vote this year. Facebook has been around for 12 years. Jurassic Park is older than Justin Bieber. Bryan Adams' cult song Summer of 69 was released 31 y

create real clouds inside your room

Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde creates real clouds inside indoor spaces. The pioneer of this technique has been on the headlines with quite an impressive amount of audience worldwide. BBC correspondent Anna Holligan went to meet him to see how he creates his own clouds. Using a smoke machine and a spray to generate fine mist or droplets, he says, the trick lies entirely in timing. It turns out that these delicate clouds exist for a short time, maybe ten seconds or less - just enough to photograph them! Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!