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Tuesday 9 August 2016

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The Store Selling Pieces Of The Magic Kingdom
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Morning · Tue, Aug 09
WHERE THE MAGIC IS BOUGHT
The Store Selling Pieces Of The Magic Kingdom
racked.com
Just outside of Disney World lies the Theme Park Connection, a magical place where one can buy odds and ends scavenged from the house of mouse.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
Republican Senator From Maine Says She Will Not Vote For Donald Trump
Two Benghazi Parents Sue Hillary Clinton For Wrongful Death, Defamation
Lilly King Puts Exclamation Point On Big Day For US Swimming
Ship's Crew Stuck Off Coast Of Georgia Since April Might Soon Head Home
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Unsubscribe From Junk Mail In One Tap
easilydomail.com
Start up the hallelujah chorus! EasilyDo Email makes managing iPhone emails simpler, faster and way more efficient. You can view all of your emails in one inbox (including Gmail, Yahoo and iCloud) and it has one-tap unsubscribing. EasilyDo's Email app even proactively extracts, separates, and parses through your emails to alert you of travel plans and packages.
THE STATE OF AFFAIRS
STATE OF INSECURITY
15 Years After 9/11, Is America Any Safer?
theatlantic.com
Since 9/11, the United States has spent $1 trillion to defend against al-Qaeda and ISIL, dirty bombs and lone wolves, bioterror and cyberterror. Has it worked?
VERMONT: NEW ENGLAND'S STATEN ISLAND
How Populous Is New York City? Here Are 8 States Squeezed Into It
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New York City is big, with over 8.5 million residents in its five boroughs. If that number is hard to visualize, this cool illustration breaks down what it means by squeezing eight US states into the five boroughs:
A BENJAMIN FOR ALL SEASONS
How Much $100 Is Worth, State By State
nytimes.com
$100 in New York or California just isn't the same as it is in Mississippi.
FORWARD THINKERS
'WE COME WITH CLEAR GUIDELINES'
The Person In Charge Of Making Sure Our First Contact With Aliens Goes Well
wired.com
It's looking more and more likely that Mars might already be inhabited — by Martians. Very tiny ones. Which concerns Cassie Conley, whose full-time job at NASA is to make sure that we don't royally screw up our first encounter with aliens, however small.
The Accidental Millionaire In Jet.com's Sale To Wal-Mart
bloomberg.com
Eric Martin received 100,000 Jet shares last year when he won a contest to see who could get the most people to sign up for memberships to the online shopping site. He spent $18,000 on online ads and came away with a stake in one of 2015's buzziest startups. His investment seems to have paid off.
MIND THE GAP
WATCH: Sweden's Robotic Speed Bumps Do Not Mess Around
digg.com
If your only knowledge of speed bumps is the lumps America puts in its roads to scare drivers into slowing down, you'd be in for a rude awakening in Sweden, where they use radar guns and mechanized sections of the road to make sure you're definitely adhering to the speed limit.
A BUDDING EMPIRE
This Guy Wants To Become The Steve Jobs Of Weed
washingtonian.com
Davis Clayton Kiyo hoped to go down in history as the disruptor of pot culture. Things were going well. Until the cops showed up.
BEFORE YOU GO
WE JUST MELT CRAYONS
Extracting Natural Blue Pigment Is An Extremely Complicated — But Oddly Soothing — Process
digg.com
The process of extracting ultramarine blue from lapis lazuli is really complicated and really time-consuming. But boy is that pigment pretty.
If you're feeling blue because it's only Tuesday, well, we're right there with ya.

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