Excuse Me, Why Is Everything Pink?

Buzzfeed's Features Editors Are Curating Digg For The Day

Digg Editions Morning · Sat, Aug 13

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DIGG + BUZZFEED Buzzfeed's Features Editors Are Curating Digg For The Day digg.com "Digg is one of several services that has been instrumental in helping point towards the things that are actually worth your ever-dwindling time, and it's an honor to be able to help return the favor this week." UNDER THE RADAR TUNNEL VISION The Hunt For Poland's Buried Nazi Gold Trains buzzfeed.com Last summer, explorers in Poland claimed to have discovered tunnels built for trains carrying plundered Nazi gold, only to be debunked a few months later. What motivates the true believers to keep searching? GOING UNDERGROUND Colson Whitehead's Fantastic Voyage newrepublic.com "The Underground Railroad" just became one the year's most-hyped books (thanks in part to Oprah). What does it mean that, for white audiences, slave narratives sell? GREAT LENGTHS How Racism Kept The World's Fastest Swim Stroke Out Of The Pool atlasobscura.com How the fear of being "un-European" almost stopped future Katie Ledeckys. HOSTING WE DIGG | SPONSORED There's A Smarter Way To Build A Website hostgator.com Hostgator has faster load times, response times and a better UI, so your website's performance is always optimized. Use the promo code DIGG and get 77% off your plan. ON BRAND THINKING PINK How 'Tumblr Pink' Became The Most Ubiquitous Color In Fashion Branding fashionista.com Why all the coolest brands' ads suddenly look the same. SMELL RAISER Scents And Sensibility racked.com This deep dive into Yankee Candle is silly, smart, and surprising. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION MAKING DOUGH Inside The Race To Become The Chipotle Of Pizza buzzfeed.com Several entrepreneurs are at the forefront of this booming fast-casual pizza trend, but none more so than a man whose previous claim to fame was as the brother of America's top tennis star. HOOKED El Chapo And The Secret History Of The Heroin Crisis esquire.com Convincingly connecting the dots between the current heroin epidemic, pot legalization, and the fate of the Sinaloa Cartel's onetime leader BEFORE YOU GO LOVE YOU TO DEATH 'Hang On To The Night' — Tegan And Sara digg.com The Canadian twins team up with BoJack Horseman's Lisa Hanawalt. That's it! Check out more of Buzzfeed's picks on Digg.com. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Bad Design Kills

Bad Design Kills, And Other Facts

Digg Editions Morning · Fri, Aug 12

WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Bad Design Kills, And Other Facts digg.com Welcome To What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week, the fatal cost of flawed design, the impossible task of assembling Ikea furniture while high and the aliens possibly trying to shut down a star. WHAT'S HAPPENING Simone Manuel Becomes First African-American Woman To Win Individual Swimming Medal Bombings In Thailand Target Tourist Spots, Kill Four 24 Injured In Severe Turbulence On Jetblue Flight From Boston To Sacramento Marijuana To Remain At Highest Drug Classification CARRY-ONS WE DIGG | SPONSORED A Smarter Carry-On For High-Tech Travelers geniuspack.com Genius Pack's luggage has integrated charging and compression technology so that you can stay connected and pack what you need while taking up less room. Use the promo code DIGGIT for $30 off! OVERACHIEVERS EVERYWHERE EVERYTHING IS BOOMIN' The Teen Who Has Made Millions Selling Rare Sneakers nymag.com A day in the life of 16-year-old rare-sneaker dealer Benjamin Kickz. DON'T SMELL GREAT The Sharks That Live To 400 theatlantic.com In 1620, the Mayflower set off from Plymouth, carrying hopeful pilgrims to the New World. As it sailed over the Atlantic, it passed over deep, cold waters, where baby Greenland sharks were starting out their lives. And if a new study is right, some of them are still alive today. NEVER STOP BALANCING Illustrating How Gymnasts Prevent Themselves From Falling Off The Balance Beam digg.com These GIFs track gymnasts' center of mass as they successfully recover after nearly falling off the balance beam. It's a fascinating look at their incredible body control. HIGHS AND LOWS A L-SHAPED PAIN ON YOUR FOREHEAD Losing Hurts (In Surprising Ways) npr.org From dislike of strangers to weight gain, being a member or a fan of a losing effort can affect more than your mood. PUMPED UP The Mystery Of California's High Gas Prices priceonomics.com California's stringent environmental regulation and taxes, fuel standards, and a newly expanded cap-and-trade program all conspire to make driving in California more expensive. But not this expensive. BEFORE YOU GO OKAY, WE'RE READY FOR THIS Watch The Awesome New Trailer For 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' digg.com We're kind of more excited for "Rogue One" than we were for "The Force Awakens"? This spot, which aired during the Olympics, looks really great. That's all for this morning. Remember, you're all winners in our book. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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When Two Memes Love Each Other Very Much...

The Deadly Results Of Flawed Design

Digg Editions Morning · Thu, Aug 11

LOOKS CAN KILL The Deadly Results Of Flawed Design digg.com From automobiles to software, poorly designed products just might kill you. WHAT'S HAPPENING Police Investigating Whether A Wimbledon Contestant Was Poisoned The Trump Tower Climber Apparently Left A Video Message For Donald, And It Is Supremely Creepy FCC Loses Court Battle To Let Cities Build Their Own Broadband Ledecky And US Team Adds To Gold Medal Streak In 4x200m Freestyle Relay DUFFELS WE DIGG | SPONSORED Your Go-To Getaway Bag goforthgoods.com Go Forth Goods specializes in American-made leather goods of the highest quality. The William Duffle is made with durable, full-grain, oil-tanned leather and is the exact right size for your next adventure. Speaking of awesome things, use the promo code DIGG25 and get 25% off your purchase! WORST CASE SCENARIO LOVE THE ONES YOU'RE WITH Physicists Confront Their 'Nightmare Scenario' quantamagazine.org Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe have explored the properties of nature at higher energies than ever before, and they have found something profound: nothing new. What does the absence of new particles suggest about how nature works? NET OVERWORKED The Bandwidth Bottleneck That Is Throttling The Internet nature.com Researchers are scrambling to repair and expand data pipes worldwide — and to keep the information revolution from grinding to a halt. A HIGHER POWER How A Solar Flare Almost Triggered A Nuclear War In 1967 popularmechanics.com A new history paper details for the first time how close we came to Armageddon without realizing it. ​ WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK How To Say Hi To Aliens, And Other Great Stories digg.com The woman making sure we don't screw up our first contact with aliens, the man behind Joanne the Scammer, and more of the best long reads of the week. THE INTERNET OF NEW THINGS FLASHES IN THE PAN The Rise And Fall And Rise Of The GIF mashable.com How, exactly, did GIFs go from a web fundamental to a digital joke and to its position now as a cultural currency? STAY POSI MEMES The Next Frontier In Internet Culture Is Wholesome Memes About Loving Your Friends nymag.com Wholesome memes are post-ironic, meaning that they convey love, affection, and genuine friendship by recontextualizing classic meme formats. BEFORE YOU GO LAUNCH YOURSELF INTO RELAXATION Chill Out To Slow-Motion Footage Of SpaceX Launches digg.com SpaceX's ability to launch and then land its rockets is matched only by it's ability to film them. We'll talk to you soon rocket men and rocket women. Keep your eyes on the sky. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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