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Putting the Pig on a Pedestal The piggy bank as we know it is over 800 years old. Yes, you read that right — banks in the shape of pigs were first used in Java in the 12th century. Over the centuries, archaeologists have uncovered many piggy banks from many different cultures. Germans latched on to piggy banks not only for their simple …

Pushing the boat out As Heraclitus of Ephesus famously said, “No man ever steps in the same river twice.” Rivers, like people, go by familiar names and typically stay in familiar places, but they are constantly in motion and, therefore, constantly changing. We tend to think of the web as being an ever-changing entity. Social media and modern …