The closest he got was to land on the island of San Salvador, in the Bahamas. So first, Columbus did not ever land in North America. Second, Columbus was not sailing across the Atlantic to prove that the world was round-all the educated people knew that it was round.
Amazon slashes Prime annual membership cost â but only until this Wednesday. Amazon has announced that, for the next three days, new subscribers to Amazon Prime will pay Â£59 for an annual subscription â a saving of Â£20 from the regular price. The offer, which runs from 16 to 18 November in the UK, has been timed to coincide with Amazonâs Black Friday Week, which will take place all next week.
Netflix charges a monthly fee of $7.99 per month, which comes out to $95.88 per year. Amazon Prime costs $99 per year, which comes out to about $8.25 per month. Forgetting the nice shipping benefits you get with Prime, you pay about the same.If both services had the same library of options, you could justify a Prime membership in an instant.n the end, you'll find the service worth it if either benefit proves even remotely useful to you. Let's break down both services to get a more specific idea of what $99 per year gets you. Update: Amazon Prime, which used to be $79 a year, has gone up to $99 a year.