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Thursday 7 August 2014

That Happy Woman

Our Bizarre Infatuation With That 'Happy Woman', Veritasium Shows You Five Cool Physics Phenomena, littleBits Now Lets You Build A DIY Smart Home, The Weirdest Micronations That Have Ever Existed, Fellow Commuters Push A Train Off A Trapped Man, Quaaludes, Gemstone Mining And Musical Redemption
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Thursday, August 7, 2014
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MONA LISA MANIA
Our Bizarre Infatuation With That 'Happy Woman'
biographile.com
Leonardo da Vinci's model has stirred more than adulation. A vandal threw acid at the lower part of the painting. A young Bolivian flung a rock, chipping the left elbow. A Russian woman distraught over being denied French citizenship hurled a souvenir mug.
SCIENCE IS WEIRD, IN A GOOD WAY
Veritasium Shows You Five Cool Physics Phenomena
digg.com
You can try most of these out right now, but we're not responsible for anything you break.
STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED
littleBits Now Lets You Build A DIY Smart Home
littlebits.cc
Holy crap this is cool. With littleBits, hacking hardware has never been so easy. If you can put two magnets next to each other, you can build your own Internet-connected creation.
HAIL CELESTIA!
The Weirdest Micronations That Have Ever Existed
io9.com
Living in a regular country, with a normal government, can get annoying sometimes. Taxes, laws, political disputes... it's all kind of a bummer. So why not go live in a tiny country of your own?
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS
Fellow Commuters Push A Train Off A Trapped Man
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After a man slipped and became wedged in between the gap of the platform and the train in Perth, Australia — dozens of passengers managed to tilt the train car far enough to set him free.
WE'RE A ZAMBIAN BAND
Quaaludes, Gemstone Mining And Musical Redemption
theappendix.net
Zamrock was the energetic sound of a nation that had just thrown off the British colonial yoke. With its fuzzed-out guitars, propulsive beats and cosmopolitan outlook, Zamrock provided the soundtrack to this hoped-for future.
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TRAPPED
Image: An aerial view shows houses cut-off by monsoon floods in Kendrapara district of eastern Orissa state, India.The annual monsoon season, which runs from June through September, is vital for the largely agrarian economies of South Asia but every year also brings floods and landslides that kill thousands and submerge hundreds of villages.
An aerial view shows houses cut-off by monsoon floods in Kendrapara district of eastern Orissa state, India.The annual monsoon season, which runs from June through September, is vital for the largely agrarian economies of South Asia but every year also brings floods and landslides that kill thousands and submerge hundreds of villages. Credit: AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout
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Wednesday 6 August 2014

Good God Question

Why Aren't More Americans Atheists?, Meet The Modern-Day Masters Of Sex, Now You Can Get Digg In A Box, The Single Question To Ask To Identify A Narcissist, How To Make Pancakes That Don't Suck, Who Stole The Four-Hour Workday?
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014
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GOOD GOD QUESTION
Why Aren't More Americans Atheists?
politico.com
Turns out is has nothing to do with science. And everything to do with politics.
WOMEN LIKE MONKEY PORN?
Meet The Modern-Day Masters Of Sex
nerve.com
Nobody plans on being a sex researcher when they grow up. Nobody plans to work a strain gauge between splayed legs as they measure changes in penis circumference during sexual stimulation. Nobody dreams to sit across from over-caffeinated college students who are looking to make a quick buck, having to prosaically ask, "When's the last time you've had oral sex?"
BOXES WE DIGG SPONSORED
Now You Can Get Digg In A Box
quarterly.co
Do you like Digg? Of course you do, otherwise you wouldn't be reading this. Well now you can get the same kind of great, weird and curious stuff you find on Digg but in real life, delivered right to your door. We don't know what you'll be getting yet, but rest assured it'll be really cool. And if you use the code "DIB5OFF" today it'll be really cool for $5 less. What could go wrong?
WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE PERSON?
The Single Question To Ask To Identify A Narcissist
nymag.com
If you suspect someone in your life is a narcissist, there may be an incredibly straightforward way to confirm your suspicions: Just ask them.
THROW THAT 'JUST ADD WATER' STUFF AWAY
How To Make Pancakes That Don't Suck
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Matty Matheson doesn't mince words, but don't let that distract you. This pancake batter is good chemistry.
NO HELP WANTED
Who Stole The Four-Hour Workday?
vice.com
The United States now leads the pack of the wealthiest countries in annual working hours. But it wasn't always this way.
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CAN WE KEEP HIM?
Image: An elephant immerses behind a window in the elephants' indoor pool at the Zoo in Leipzig, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014.
An elephant immerses behind a window in the elephants' indoor pool at the Zoo in Leipzig, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Jens Meyer
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Tuesday 5 August 2014

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Don't Try This At Home

What Happens When You Enter The Witness Protection Program?, All The Science Experiments You Wish You Could Do At Home, But Can't, What Makes Us Fat: Is It Eating Too Much Or Moving Too Little?, Get Ready To Be Floored By This Young Girl's Original Guitar Composition, Now You Can Finally Hang The Internet In Your Home, Slaves Of Happiness Island
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014
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EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNTS
What Happens When You Enter The Witness Protection Program?
priceonomics.com
The history of the Witness Protection Program is full of Hollywood-worthy intrigue. It also challenges our assumptions about crime and identity.
FRUITS OF THE VINE
All The Science Experiments You Wish You Could Do At Home, But Can't
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Assuming you're not an advanced chemist of some sort, you probably don't have access to the dangerous and cool chemicals that make science fun. Luckily for you there's a Vine account that lets you enjoy the magic of chemistry from the safety of your mobile phone.
THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG SALAD?
What Makes Us Fat: Is It Eating Too Much Or Moving Too Little?
npr.org
Americans are much less active in their leisure time than they were 20 years ago; that's true even for young people. Up to half of people say they're completely sedentary. Desk jobs don't help.
'IDYLL OF HILLS'
Get Ready To Be Floored By This Young Girl's Original Guitar Composition
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The guitarist, Jacky Bastek, wrote this for the Lowden Young Guitarist of the Year competition. Let's hope she wins!
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Now You Can Finally Hang The Internet In Your Home
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We've been secretly playing with this thing for months and we highly recommend picking one up in the last few days it's available. Why settle for just one piece of art when you can have it all?
ABU DHABI AND THE DARK SIDE OF HIGH ART
Slaves Of Happiness Island
vice.com
What's often lost in the reporting about foreign labor in the United Arab Emirates is the agency of the workers themselves. The men I met in the Gulf are brave and ambitious — heroes to their families back home. They dared to chase better prospects and were met with repression instead.
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THESE KIDS ARE TOO YOUNG FOR FOAM PARTIES
Image: Children play with foam bubbles from soap during the fair in honor of
Children play with foam bubbles from soap during the fair in honor of "Nuestra Senora de los Angeles" in the village of Las Pinedas near of Cordoba, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Manu Fernandez
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Lewis cites lack of evidence for Anderson verdict

     
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ESPNcricinfo @ESPNcricinfo

Exclusive: There wasn't enough evidence against Anderson to punish him, says judicial commissioner es.pn/1kvcBc3

03 Aug

Lewis cites lack of evidence for Anderson verdict

The judicial commissioner Gordon Lewis didn't consider James Anderson guilty in the Level 3 hearing against him because he didn't believe he had enough evidence to go by in a case that carries severe...

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anand mahindra @anandmahindra

Takes the wind out of the recent good news on IndianSport "2 Indian Olympic Officials at Commonwealth Games Arrested bit.ly/1o0iCNz"

03 Aug

Two Indian Olympic Officials at Commonwealth Games Arrested: Reports

One of the officials arrested in Glasgow is Indian Olympic Association secretary Rajeev Mehta. Mehta is part of the Indian contingent at the Commonwealth Games

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Barack Obama @BarackObama

ICYMI: For six months in a row, private sector job creation has exceeded 200,000 jobs. ofa.bo/s0Rq #ActOnJobs

03 Aug

The Employment Situation in July

Total job growth exceeded 200,000 for the sixth straight month in July, the first time that has happened since 1997.

NDTV @ndtv

Build kitchens to feed children instead of temples: Gujarat chief minister ndtv.com/article/india/…

03 Aug

Build Kitchens to Feed Children Instead of Temples: Gujarat Chief...

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandi Patel today appealed to people to focus on building centralised kitchens to feed children instead of constructing temples.

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Mike Haysman @MikeHaysman

How's this photo of the 109,000 record crowd for Man Utd v Real Madrid at Michigan Stadium in the USA last night!!😨 pic.twitter.com/tKV38wuPNk

03 Aug

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indianhistorypics @IndiaHistorypic

1978 :: Prakash Padukone wins Gold medal in men's Singles Badminton in commonwealth Games ,Edmondon ,Canada

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03 Aug

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Jai Hind!
"@OGQ_India: Yogeshwar Dutt with his mother after returning with the Gold medal from #Glasgow2014 pic.twitter.com/WeRPaMeqhD"

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