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Friday 20 September 2013

The History Of The Trapper Keeper

NASA Will Pay You To Stay In Bed For 70 Days, The History Of The Trapper Keeper, Why Do Smart People Believe In Astrology?, The Price Of Beer At Oktoberfest Completely Defies Economic Logic, How A Kids' Cartoon Created An Real-Life Invasive Army
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Friday, September 20, 2013
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GET PAID FOR BEING A WASTE OF SPACE
NASA Will Pay You To Stay In Bed For 70 Days
outsideonline.com
Who says there's a job crisis in America? NASA is currently looking to pay a number of volunteers $18,000 to lie in bed for 70 days.
USED TO BE THE TRAPPER PORTFOLIO
The History Of The Trapper Keeper
mentalfloss.com
In the fall of 1981, second grader Mike Ryan was walking through the halls of his new school when he realized something terrible: He was the only kid without a Trapper Keeper.
SIGNS OF IRRATIONALITY
Why Do Smart People Believe In Astrology?
psmag.com
With little to no scientific evidence backing them, why do so many people still look at their horoscopes?
TOO DRUNK TO NOTICE
The Price Of Beer At Oktoberfest Completely Defies Economic Logic
qz.com
Beer is what economists call an elastic good; the more it costs, the less of it people buy. But at Oktoberfest, Germany's debaucherous annual beer festival in Munich, the rule doesn't exactly hold. In fact, it gets flipped on its head.
ADORABLE MONSTERS
How A Kids' Cartoon Created An Real-Life Invasive Army
nautil.us
Tales of monsters invading Japan are a longstanding tradition. At this very moment, the country is engaged in just such a war, with an entire army of invasive creatures, but they're both less fearsome and more adorable than Godzilla or Mothra.
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BEER HALL, BEFORE THE BEER
Image: Employees sit in an empty beer tent as preparations are under way for the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese fair grounds in Munich, southern Germany. This year's edition of the world's biggest beer festival will open on September 21 and runs until October 6, 2013.
Employees sit in an empty beer tent as preparations are under way for the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese fair grounds in Munich, southern Germany. This year's edition of the world's biggest beer festival will open on September 21 and runs until October 6, 2013. Credit: CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
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Thursday 19 September 2013

How To Get Served First

Sex And Politics At Google, How To Use Body Language To Get Served First At A Bar, The Baseball Archaeologist, Dinner Of The Damned, Netflix Exec: Canada's Broadband 'Almost A Human Rights Violation'
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
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A GAME OF THRONES IN MOUNTAIN VIEW
Sex And Politics At Google
businessinsider.com
"Inside Google, it's a 'Game of Thrones.'" The show and books are full of violence, sex, and political intrigue. There is no violence at Google. But sex and politics? Oh, yes.
MONEY TALKS
How To Use Body Language To Get Served First At A Bar
telegraph.co.uk
Scientists have identified the body language that ensures bartenders will serve you first in a busy bar.
IN SEARCH OF BASEBALL'S HOLY GRAIL
The Baseball Archaeologist
grantland.com
How one man is rewriting the history of the game — one diary at a time.
'DOES EVERYONE LIKE INTERCOURSE?'
Dinner Of The Damned
roadsandkingdoms.com
Nicholas Gill ventures into the dark, purplish heart of the global star-chef bacchanal called Gelinaz! On the menu in Lima: octopus, gangster rap, and simulated vomiting.
PUTIN TO STEP IN
Netflix Exec: Canada's Broadband 'Almost A Human Rights Violation'
gigaom.com
Low broadband caps in Canada put that country close to third-world countries.
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WAR SHOTS
Image: AFP reporter Sammy Ketz, takes cover as a Syrian soldier runs past during sniper fire in Syria's ancient Christian town of Maalula, on September 18, 2013, scene of recent fighting between pro-government troops and rebel forces.
AFP reporter Sammy Ketz, takes cover as a Syrian soldier runs past during sniper fire in Syria's ancient Christian town of Maalula, on September 18, 2013, scene of recent fighting between pro-government troops and rebel forces. Credit: ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
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Wednesday 18 September 2013

The iPhone Reviews Are Out, And One Is In Here

Do Animals Cry?, iPhone 5S Reviewed, Tech Tips You Can't Live Without, How Evil Should A Video Game Allow You To Be?, How To Move A Giant Rocket In Under 2 Minutes
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
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OR DID THAT BABY ELEPHANT PLAY US?
Do Animals Cry?
news.discovery.com
Certain animals may weep out of sorrow, similar to human baby cries, say animal behavior experts.
SPOILER: IT WORKS
iPhone 5S Reviewed
anandtech.com
This is an iPhone review. There are many like it, but this is the one we've chosen to link to.
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Tech Tips You Can't Live Without
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BLURRED LINES
How Evil Should A Video Game Allow You To Be?
newyorker.com
Video-game violence is, like all onscreen violence, an act of play. But the medium has a unique capacity to inveigle, and even implicate, its audience through its interactivity.
LITERALLY ROCKET SCIENCE
How To Move A Giant Rocket In Under 2 Minutes
videos.digg.com
The Antares/Cygnus rocket is set to launch Wednesday at 10:50am EDT. Here's how they moved the thing.
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RAKE UNDER THE ASHES
Image: Indonesian farmers rush to harvest crops in the district of Karo as an ash cloud rises during a fresh eruption of the Mount Sinabung volcano on September 17, 2013.
Indonesian farmers rush to harvest crops in the district of Karo as an ash cloud rises during a fresh eruption of the Mount Sinabung volcano on September 17, 2013. Credit: SUTANTA ADITYA/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
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Tuesday 17 September 2013

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