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Saturday 20 August 2016

We're Just Here For The Reptilians

Popular Mechanics Is Guest Curating Digg Today
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Morning · Sat, Aug 20
DIGG + POPULAR MECHANICS
Popular Mechanics Is Guest Curating Digg Today
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We turned the keys the kingdom over to the editors at Popular Mechanics for the day. Check out their picks in this email and on Digg.com.
PLANES, BOATS AND AUTO-BOATS
SAIL WOKE
I Went On A Weeklong Cruise For Conspiracy Theorists
popularmechanics.com
What do you get when you stick some of the conspiracy world's biggest celebrities and their die-hard fans on a cruise ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean for a week?
JETLAG BEFORE JETS
The Impossible Flight
airspacemag.com
London to Sydney: The 12,000 miles that started an airline.
007 WOULD BE PROUD
WATCH: Watch A DIY Amphibious Car Conquer Land And Sea
digg.com
Bert Sandlin is "still working out some details" on his prototype, but it does 40 on the open water.
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BODIES OF EVIDENCE
DIAPHRAGM SHAM
The Hiccuping Girls Of Old Salem
buzzfeed.com
An outbreak of chronic hiccups in teens in Danvers, Massachusetts, site of the Salem Witch Trials, spurred a big investigation.
MUSCLE MEMORY
Ripped: My Life As A Competitive Bodybuilder
esquire.com
"It was impossible not to sweat because I was wearing nine layers of epidermis in a Sahara of body heat."
NETFLIX AND THRILL
The Secret LSD-Fueled CIA Experiment That Inspired 'Stranger Things'
theguardian.com
The clandestine US government research facility in Netflix's hit drama is based on more than conspiracy theorists' musings. So what did it actually do?
THAT'S JUST A BAD IDEA
WTF-35
How The F-35 Got To Be Such A Hot Mess
popularmechanics.com
Can "the plane that ate the Pentagon" fly into redemption?
TREAD CAREFULLY
A Terrifying Journey Through The World's Most Dangerous Jungle
outsideonline.com
The DariƩn Gap is a lawless wilderness on the border of Colombia and Panama, teeming with everything from deadly snakes to antigovernment guerrillas.
URINE TROUBLE
WATCH: Why You Shouldn't Pee In The Pool, Explained By Science
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When you mix chlorine and pee, you get a compound that is more than just gross.
BEFORE YOU GO
LET'S BREAK A DEAL
A Counterintuitive Classic: The Math Of The Monty Hall Problem
digg.com
Watch this one-minute video and you'll finally understand the game show strategy.
That's all for now. Check out more of Popular Mechanics' picks on Digg dot com!

Friday 19 August 2016

Congratulations! You've Just Given Birth To A Robust Stock Portfolio

Buying Apple Stock Is Maybe A Better Idea Than Having A Kid, And Other Facts
Digg Editions
Morning · Fri, Aug 19
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Buying Apple Stock Is Maybe A Better Idea Than Having A Kid, 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: Shares of Apple may be more valuable than a human life, the world map is wrong and there's something strange happening near Neptune.
WE HAVEN'T LEARNED
The Nightmare Still On Main Street
economist.com
America's housing system was at the center of the last crisis. It has still not been properly reformed.
HACK OR BE HACKED
72 Hours At Def Con — The Most Dangerous Hacker Convention
motherboard.vice.com
I have seen dozens of software engineers pay $50 to get turned into a cyborg, and I now know how dildos, the government and our monitors are spying on us. At Def Con 24, I have seen the future.
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3D Printers Are Awesome And You Should Get One
kickstarter.com
A 3D printer is the ultimate toy because you can make any other toy with it. The M3D Pro is especially awesome because it's chock full of high end features and still costs less than the other printers out there.
MEDICAL MISERIES
A WEB OF LIES
Why Did A Gravely Ill Girl Have Her Mother Killed?
buzzfeed.com
Dee Dee Blancharde was a model parent: a tireless single mom taking care of her gravely ill child. But after Dee Dee was killed, it turned out things weren't as they appeared — and her daughter Gypsy had never been sick at all.
'TREACLE BRAIN'
The Curious, Extreme Fatigue That Lasts For Years
bbc.com
After many injuries and neurological illnesses, people often face a mysterious, unimaginable exhaustion that can last for years. Why?
MIRACLE WORKERS
We're Getting Closer To Ending Blindness
nationalgeographic.com
Thanks to medical advances and expanding treatment, it's no longer just a dream.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
SEBASTIAN IS WAY TOO CREEPY
'Kiss The Girl' In A Minor Key Belongs Nowhere Near A Disney Movie
digg.com
Minor key maestro Chase Holfelder changed a lot about "Kiss The Girl" to make this cover his own, but he didn't change the lyrics. Were they always this creepy?
IN THE NEWS
Trump Advisers Waged A Covert Influence Campaign For Ukraine
Baby Girl Born On Plane Is Given 1 Million Airline Miles
Elon Musk Is Taking On The Roofing Industry With 'Solar Shingles'
Three Other US Swimmers In Lochte Robbery Case To Return Home
The end is in sight! And remember, this weekend: Be smart, be safe, be yourself!

Thursday 18 August 2016

The One Million Dollar Teen

How To Make A Million Dollars As A Teen, And Other Stories
Digg Editions
Morning · Thu, Aug 18
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WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK
WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK
How To Make A Million Dollars As A Teen, And Other Stories
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The boomin' life of sneaker dealer Benjamin Kickz, the "super-recognizers" who will spot criminals by their faces, and more of the best long reads of the week.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Brazilian Police Pull Two US Swimmers From Flight Amid Robbery Probe
WATCH: Trump Adviser Is Not A Fan Of These 'Polls'
Flooding Crisis In Louisiana Far From Over
Image Of Injured Boy In Aleppo Draws Outrage
Report Details Combat Helmet Maker's Alleged Shoddy Manufacturing
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How To Straighten Your Smile Without Braces
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That's because they're actually aligners. Invisible, affordable and shipped straight to your door, SmileDirectClub is making straighter smiles more accessible.
IT'S A BIG, BAD WORLD
Did Apple Steal The Idea For iTunes?
medium.com
The guys who hold patents for a system of selling downloadable content over the internet sure think so, and they've been fighting for decades to prove it.
SIDE-SPLITTING
Visualizing The Immense Power Of The Mount St. Helens Eruption
digg.com
​When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, the blast not only killed dozens and destroyed hundreds of square miles of forest, it pulverized an entire side of the volcano, leaving a gaping chasm in the mountain. This GIF illustrates just how much material the explosion moved.
A HUGE PILE OF SHIP
A Map Showing Every Single Cargo Ship In The World
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This interactive map shows the movements of tens of thousands of cargo ships around the world, revealing key trade pathways and the way materials and goods are moved back and forth around the globe.
MEN, IT'S A HOT ONE
THE CLOTHES, THEY MAKE HIM
The State Of The Menswear Union
racked.com
What men are wearing, how men are shopping, and why everyone's getting in on the action now.
IT WASN'T JUST LUCK HE PRESSED
The Man Who Got No Whammies
priceonomics.com
In 1984, a man named Michael Larson won $110,237 on "Press Your Luck" — more than double the winnings of any other game show contestant in history at the time. But his success wasn't due to luck alone.
A DUDE'S DUDE
The Many Man-Children Of Todd Phillips
theringer.com
The director of "Old School," "The Hangover" trilogy, and "War Dogs" is obsessed with fumbling, immature young men  —  but that doesn't mean he is one.
BEFORE YOU GO
HOLY CRAP!
This Kayaker's Footage Of A Humpback Whale Surfacing Made Us Jump
digg.com
The person filming was using a telephoto lens, and the resulting footage is simultaneously spectacular (like something out of a movie) and terrifying.
That's all for this morning. Jump into Thursday like a humpback whale, because hump day was yesterday.