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Friday 23 October 2015

We May Never See Alien Life

We May Never See Alien Life And Other Facts, Can The Woman Behind 'Halo 5' Save The Xbox?, Your Favorite Comedian's Career (And Drug Problem) Started In This House, Watch The Very First Episode Of Bob Ross's 'The Joy Of Painting', White Gold, The Pitcher Who Couldn't Lose
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Friday, October 23, 2015
We May Never See Alien Life And Other Facts
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
We May Never See Alien Life And Other Facts
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​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Searching blindly for signs of alien life, trolling with perpetual motion, and ancient crystals.
THE SILENT CARTOGRAPHER
Can The Woman Behind 'Halo 5' Save The Xbox?
bloomberg.com
Bonnie Ross is in charge of Microsoft's biggest video game ever.
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Your Favorite Comedian's Career (And Drug Problem) Started In This House
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Buzzfeed's David Peisner went deep into the history of comedy's legendary frat house, which birthed the careers of Sam Kinison, Andrew Dice Clay, and Robin Williams. He'll be here at 12pm EST to talk about his article but you can join the Dialog now!
'A WALK IN THE WOODS'
Watch The Very First Episode Of Bob Ross's 'The Joy Of Painting'
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Today is an excellent day. Today, Bob Ross's YouTube channel uploaded the very first episode of "The Joy Of Painting."
FUNGAL AND GAMES
White Gold
story.californiasunday.com
The stuff of ancient legend and high-end cuisine, matsutake mushrooms bloom briefly in the forests of Oregon. Subsistence harvesters flock there, hoping to find buttons that can earn a fortune in Tokyo's bustling wholesale markets, halfway across the world.
'DUDE, I CAN'T DIE.'
The Pitcher Who Couldn't Lose
deadspin.com
Bronson Arroyo has had a good life. Now, the twilight of his career is approaching. And he doesn't want the sun to set.
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WHEN YOU SEE IT
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​Kyle McDowell, a kindergarten student at O'Hara Catholic School, emulates the face of a Jack O'Lantern created from a 800 pound pumpkin by carver Scott Cully in Eugene, Ore., according to the Register-Guard on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. Credit: Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard via AP
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Thursday 22 October 2015

What Is Snapchat, Anyways?

What Were People Saying About Snapchat Before It Got Huge?, The Life and Death of an Amazon Warehouse Temp, It Literally Doesn't Get Any Easier To Schedule A Home Project, A Way To Solve Schizophrenia, And More, The Nine Lives Of San Francisco's Presidio Pet Cemetery, The Secret Mass Graves Of The Refugee Crisis
The Daily Digg
Thursday, October 22, 2015
What Were People Saying About Snapchat Before It Got Huge?
BROWSER HISTORY
What Were People Saying About Snapchat Before It Got Huge?
digg.com
Snapchat currently has over 100 million daily users. It's valued at $16 billion. And back when it first exploded onto the scene, it took a long time for people to actually take it seriously.
THE JUNGLE, UPDATED
The Life and Death of an Amazon Warehouse Temp
highline.huffingtonpost.com
What the future of low-wage work really looks like.
HOME PROJECTS WE DIGG SPONSORED
It Literally Doesn't Get Any Easier To Schedule A Home Project
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THE BEST STORIES OF THE WEEK
A Way To Solve Schizophrenia, And More
digg.com
A treatment that can actually control schizophrenia; a controversial case of cerebral palsy and sexual abuse; and one student's epic, harrowing journey out of Syria and through Europe.
FINAL PETTING PLACE
The Nine Lives Of San Francisco's Presidio Pet Cemetery
inverse.com
What is the appeal of a 63-year-old pet cemetery in a historic urban park? Plenty, actually.
OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND
The Secret Mass Graves Of The Refugee Crisis
medium.com
"These corpses are people who have human rights."
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SOP O' THE MORNIN' TO YA
Digg Pic Of The Day
​An indigenous woman wades in the waters of the Taguarussu River as the sun rises in Palmas, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. Palmas is the host city for the first World Indigenous Games, that will showcase traditional sports with the participation of more than 2,000 indigenous athletes from around the world. The event begins Oct. 23 and runs through Nov. 1. Credit: AP Photo/Eraldo Peres
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Wednesday 21 October 2015

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The F Student Who Helped Take Down The USSR

Who's Watching The Drones? And Other Political Reads, Cracking The Ancient Unicorn Language, Your Clothing Problems Are Solved, How Did An F Student Help Bring Down The USSR? Join Our Dialog About Lowell Wood, Tales From The Janitor's Night Shift, The Man In India Who Is Selling The US Illegal Execution Drugs
The Daily Digg
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Who's Watching The Drones? And Other Political Reads
THIS WEEK IN POLITICS
Who's Watching The Drones? And Other Political Reads
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This week: Chicago's secret blacksite, "The Drone Papers," and the revival of Donald Trump.
WHAT CAN BE INDUCED ABOUT THE INDUS
Cracking The Ancient Unicorn Language
nature.com
The most tantalizing of all the undeciphered scripts is made up of partially pictographic signs and human and animal motifs including a puzzling "unicorn."
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Your Clothing Problems Are Solved
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How Did An F Student Help Bring Down The USSR? Join Our Dialog About Lowell Wood
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Ashlee Vance is a technology writer for Bloomberg Businessweek where he wrote about how Lowell Wood broke Edison's patent record and helped bring down the Soviet Union. Ashlee will be here at 12pm EST to answer your questions about his article. Join the Dialog now!
CUSTODIANS OF THE DEAD
Tales From The Janitor's Night Shift
narrative.ly
A pair of talented stonemasons with a murderous feud gave Toronto's oldest university its hauntingly intricate architecture— and its first grisly ghost story. A century and a half later, late-night janitors report an abundance of eerie encounters.
SHIPPING AND MISHANDLING
The Man In India Who Is Selling The US Illegal Execution Drugs
buzzfeed.com
When states ran out of execution drugs, they started paying tens of thousands of dollars to Chris Harris, a salesman in India with no pharmaceutical background.
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GO FOR THE GREEN
Digg Pic Of The Day
Supporters of Argentina's presidential candidate Daniel Scioli cheer him on as he campaigns in a suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Scioli, who has been the country's vice president and the governor of Buenos Aires province, is the frontrunner in the presidential race set for Oct. 25. Credit: AP Photo/Jorge Saenz
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