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Friday 23 May 2014

Food To Dye For

Just How Much Dye Is In Your Food?, This Little Camera Shoots 360°, What We Learned This Week, ​The Military Is Shutting Down Its Weather-Controlling Death Beam, Google Is Working To Build A Wi-Fi Network In The Cloud, Dear Graduates: Don't Follow Your Dreams
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Friday, May 23, 2014
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ENOUGH TO DYE FOR
Just How Much Dye Is In Your Food?
modernfarmer.com
Everyone knows the old tale, eat too many carrots and your skin will turn orange. But what happens if you eat too much Kraft Mac & Cheese?
NOWHERE TO RUN
This Little Camera Shoots 360°
digg.com
360cam is also water-resistant, wi-fi enabled for live-streaming and can adapted for a light socket for home surveillance. Go ahead and take our money.
DIGG PICKS
What We Learned This Week
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This week we learned about the three deadliest drugs, girls who never age, and whether it's better to buy or rent a home.
WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS
​The Military Is Shutting Down Its Weather-Controlling Death Beam
io9.com
Can a facility that has inspired global conspiracy theories be designated a World Heritage Site? If so, that might be the only way to prevent the shutdown of the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program in Alaska.
RAINING NODES
Google Is Working To Build A Wi-Fi Network In The Cloud
gigaom.com
Gigaom has learned Google's plans to offer business Wi-Fi services in a very Google-like way. It's building a virtual Wi-Fi network in the cloud that could connect hundreds of thousands of wireless nodes.
THERE'S A REASON YOU SLEPT THROUGH THEM
Dear Graduates: Don't Follow Your Dreams
salon.com
The brutal truth is that most people can't pay the bills by "living their passion." So what can we do instead?
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PRAYER P.O.V.
Image: Shiite pilgrims pray at the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine during the preparations for the annual commemoration of the saint's death in the Shiite district of Kazimiyah in Baghdad, Iraq.
Shiite pilgrims pray at the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine during the preparations for the annual commemoration of the saint's death in the Shiite district of Kazimiyah in Baghdad, Iraq. Credit: AP Photo/Karim Kadim
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Thursday 22 May 2014

Six Seconds Between Love And Hate

Here's How MTV's Catfish Actually Works, This Hellish Desert Pit Has Been On Fire For More Than 40 Years, How To Never Lose Your Dog, A Vine Romance Gone Wrong, The 11-Story Building Calling Itself A Country, The Case For Reparations
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
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SORRY, NO ACTUAL CATFISH INVOLVED
Here's How MTV's Catfish Actually Works
vulture.com
Like all other reality shows, it's super contrived, but maybe not in the ways you might think.
ALL IT'S MISSING IS A SARLACC
This Hellish Desert Pit Has Been On Fire For More Than 40 Years
smithsonianmag.com
In the Turkmenistan desert, a crater dubbed "The Door to Hell" has been burning for decades.
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How To Never Lose Your Dog
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Want to know where your dog is and what they're up to? Well now you can. Whistle's new WhistleGPS is the same great activity/health monitor that you've heard about, but now let's you keep track of everywhere your dog goes. Even better? Whistle is doing a 1-week pre-order offer of just $49 (that's an $80 savings).
THE SIX SECONDS BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE
A Vine Romance Gone Wrong
rollingstone.com
They were Vine's first superstars, falling in love online, and making lots of money from it. But once they met in the real world, things went horribly wrong.
ONE BUILDING, ENDLESS BEAURACRACY
The 11-Story Building Calling Itself A Country
newrepublic.com
With one 11-story building to its name, the People's Republic of Donetsk is the smallest country in the world. It must also be the most bureaucratic.
THE BIG PAYBACK
The Case For Reparations
theatlantic.com
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.
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YOU RANG?
Image: A sloth peeks out from behind a door on a floating house in the 'Lago do Janauari' near Manaus, Brazil, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Manaus is one of the host cities for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
A sloth peeks out from behind a door on a floating house in the 'Lago do Janauari' near Manaus, Brazil, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Manaus is one of the host cities for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Credit: AP Photo/Felipe Dana
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Wednesday 21 May 2014

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Life And Times Of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, How To Write Your Name On The Moon, The Best Reading App Just Got Better, The Great 'He-Vage' Crisis, The Science Of 'Game Of Thrones', Your Favorite Websites Have A Password Problem
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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HAN SHRUGGED FIRST
The Life And Times Of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
theawl.com
After seeing the light of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, it's hard to not notice it everywhere.
WE'D WRITE ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
How To Write Your Name On The Moon
canonicalmomentum.tumblr.com
It's a common thing in sci-fi: somebody writes a huge message on the moon that people can read on Earth. Well, maybe you want to do this too! I'm sure you have a very good reason. Here, then, is a scientific guide to writing on the moon.
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The Best Reading App Just Got Better
instapaper.com
It's simple: if you're not using Instapaper, you're simply doing it wrong. And with their brand new highlighting feature, you'll never forget a great line, good quote, or funny typo again. How did people read for so many years without this?
RHYMES WITH 'CLEAVAGE'
The Great 'He-Vage' Crisis
thedailybeast.com
Guys, let's talk. How low is too low?
YOU KNOW NOTHING
The Science Of 'Game Of Thrones'
digg.com
How could a planet have winter for years on end? Can an animal actually breathe fire? Would a giant wall of ice melt itself? All this and more will be answered.
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Your Favorite Websites Have A Password Problem
buzzfeed.com
A new post-Heartbleed study shows that 86% of the web's top sites have "subpar password security policies."
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NSFW
Image: Two Northrop F-5E Tiger II airplanes of the Swiss Patrol fly close together during an aerobatic performance at the ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, May 20, 2014.
Two Northrop F-5E Tiger II airplanes of the Swiss Patrol fly close together during an aerobatic performance at the ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Michael Sohn
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Tuesday 20 May 2014

You Are Literally Covered In Death

Why Do People Persist In Believing Things That Just Aren't True?, What Television Will Look Like In 2025, According To Netflix, How To Snack Without Eating Crap, Veteran Who Blocked Live Grenade To Receive Medal Of Honor From Obama, Why Don't We All Have Cancer?, Patton Oswalt Confronts His Haters
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
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IF LOVING MYTHS IS WRONG...
Why Do People Persist In Believing Things That Just Aren't True?
newyorker.com
To change false beliefs, appealing to a person's sense of self may be more important than the facts.
IT'S A COMPUTER
What Television Will Look Like In 2025, According To Netflix
wired.com
In the future, Netflix will know exactly what you want to watch, even before you do. You won't have to spend all that time browsing through endless lists of shows on your television.
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How To Snack Without Eating Crap
naturebox.com
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OUR HERO
Veteran Who Blocked Live Grenade To Receive Medal Of Honor From Obama
washingtonpost.com
His bravery in 2010 has been hailed by Marines, but it wasn't clear that Cpl. Carpenter would ever receive the Medal of Honor. Soon he'll become only the second living Marine since Vietnam to do so.
YOU ARE LITERALLY COVERED IN DEATH
Why Don't We All Have Cancer?
digg.com
A question that makes perfect sense once you start thinking of our bodies as a constantly replicating collective of cells.
IF COMMENTERS WERE REAL PEOPLE
Patton Oswalt Confronts His Haters
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Patton Oswalt sets up a sting operation to confront his most vocal Internet critics face-to-face. But he's in for a big surprise.
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HAIL OF A TOWER
Image: A woman makes a tower using ice from an overnight hailstorm in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Some told local media their children hadn't ever seen hail or played with ice.
A woman makes a tower using ice from an overnight hailstorm in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Some told local media their children hadn't ever seen hail or played with ice. Credit: AP Photo: Nelson Antoine
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Monday 19 May 2014

Live Scorecard

     
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ESPNcricinfo @ESPNcricinfo

2.5-0-38-2. Welcome to CSK, David Hussey. RCB win a thriller and stay alive in #IPL2014 es.pn/1gDArRc

18 May

Live Scorecard

Live cricket score and commentary for Indian T20 League, 42nd match: Chennai T20 v Bangalore T20 at Ranchi, May 18, 2014

OMG Facts @OMGFacts

Afraid Of Flying? Here Are 9 Runways That Will Haunt Your Dreams --> bit.ly/1jHmwZD pic.twitter.com/y7RJYV9aRp

18 May

Afraid Of Flying? Here Are 9 Runways That Will Haunt Your Dreams

If you're scared of flying, going to these places might not be the best idea.

Filmfare @filmfare

#100FilmfareDays: Profiling Dilip Kumar and Madhubala`s Mughal-e-Azam - bit.ly/1oCMksL pic.twitter.com/B0nYY3O4xc

18 May

Mughal-e-Azam

The film went on to make cinematic history back then and ran for three years straight at Maratha Mandir

The Verge @verge

Breaking: YouTube is reportedly buying Twitch for $1 billion vrge.co/1gXrvjU

18 May

YouTube reportedly buying Twitch for $1 billion

Sources with Variety report that YouTube is nearing a deal to buy Twitch, the popular game streaming startup, for $1 billion. The deal is said to be an all-cash offer, and will close "imminently."...

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L'Oréal Paris India @LOrealParisIn

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan arrives at Cannes to grace the festival with beauty, elegance and class! #cannes2014 pic.twitter.com/mpRTEmLXkK

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RushdieExplainsIndia @RushdieExplains

Ran into Shashi Tharoor at Macy's. We both wonder if there will be any place for P. G. Wodehouse in Modi's India

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