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A Chinese millionaire is reportedly trying to capitalize on his native country’s worsening air pollution problem by selling canned fresh air.

According to a Sydney Morning Herald report this week, Chen Guangbiao, a philanthropist believed to be one of China’s richest individuals, has begun selling “fresh air in soft drink cans” for about 5 Chinese Yuan ($0.80) a pop.

The canned air reportedly comes in a variety of flavors, including “pristine Tibet” and “post-industrial Taiwan.”

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During the Civil War, the Confederate Army launched what has been dubbed the world’s first successful attack submarine. The submarine was called the H.L. Hunley and successfully sank the USS Housatonic in February of 1864. Shortly after the submarine signaled a successful mission, it disappeared never to be seen again.

Exactly what happened to the submarine has been a mystery for over 100 years. The submarine was discovered off South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor in 1995, and then raised to the surface in 2000. Researchers have been studying the submarine and believe that they may have found evidence of exactly how the submarine was able to attack and sink the Union Navy ship.

Recent research has shown that the design of the submarine’s torpedo, which held 135 pounds of gunpowder, wasn’t intended to come off a 16-foot spear as previously believed. Previously it was believed that the torpedo was placed against the hull of the ship and then detonated remotely. Now the researchers believe that the submarine was no more than 20 feet from the torpedo when it detonated. The researchers believe that the concussion from the explosion could have injured the crew or perhaps damaged the submarine leading to the death of all onboard.

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WASHINGTON — In another sign of the close ties between super PACs and elected officials, seven newly minted Democratic House members appear in a promotional video for a super PAC that helped them win election in 2012.

The online video, released Tuesday by House Majority PAC, features the seven singing the super PAC’s praises for helping to even the playing field for Democrats, who face massive outside spending by conservative organizations like Karl Rove’s Crossroads groups and the Koch brothers’ network of independent nonprofits.

“We were grateful to see House Majority PAC form so we could actually have allies on our side that were helping us get our message out,” Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) says in the video. “That really was, in many ways, the difference in the outcome and one of the big reasons why we won this time.”

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What’s that intriguing shape poking out from underneath the curtain? Rimac Automobili assures us all via its Facebook account that there’s a Concept_One in there — or, at least, a “one-off car based [on it],” marking the delivery of the company’s much discussed and sometimes questioned 1,088 horsepower electric supercar. So, why the secrecy? According to the company’s namesake executive, Mate Rimac, “the customer wished to control what will be published about the project.” Hopefully the wind will blow away that curtain soon enough.

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We’re just two weeks away from the launch of Crysis 3 on February 19, but if you want to get your Crysis 3 fix right this second, you should know an open beta is being held on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC starting today. As of now, the open beta has made itself available on Origin, and Xbox Live Marketplace with a release onto the PlayStation Network expected once Sony updates its PlayStation Store later today.

Before you run to Origin or your console of choice to download the beta, take a few minutes to listen to what Cysis 3 producer Mike Read has to say in a new Cyrsis 3 Beta tutorial video. He’ll help introduce you to the two game modes that are included in the Crysis 3 beta, Hunter Mode and Crash-Site Mode. Console players can expect to enjoy a 12-player multiplayer experience, while PC players will be able to play with 16 players.

If you have yet to pre-order Crysis 3 and enjoy the open beta up until it shuts itself down on February 12, you might consider doing so, especially when you consider Crysis 3 owners will receive a voucher for the original Crysis. Who doesn’t like a free game, right?

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