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Saturday 22 July 2017

Look Out Below!

It's been nearly 20 years since Hong Kong's Kai Tak International Airport closed, but its unique, notorious landing approach is still very much alive in the memory of those who experienced it.
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FLIGHTS OF FANCY
WE'RE GOOD, THANKS
Remembering The Hair-Raising Landings At Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport
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It's been nearly 20 years since Hong Kong's Kai Tak International Airport closed, but its unique, notorious landing approach is still very much alive in the memory of those who experienced it.
CHARGING UP AND UP AND UP
NASA's Next Great X-Plane Will Try To Revolutionize Electric Flight
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Electric planes are harder to figure out than electric cars, but NASA's newest experimental plane is designed to crack the code of battery-powered aviation.
FLY LIKE A WHALE
WATCH: Rare Footage Captures Huge Humpback Whale Jumping Completely Out Of The Water
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We hadn't really thought about this before we saw this video, but humpback whales almost never fully leave the water when they breach. This video of one doing just that off the coast of South Africa is pretty dang cool.
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PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
SOLAR FLAIR
The Week's Coolest Space Photos
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Every day satellites are zooming through space, snapping incredible pictures of Earth, the solar system, and outer space. Here are the highlights from this week.
CURATED BY VIEWFIND
The Best Photography Of The Week
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The pleasures of beach season, the abstract beauty of the dessert, and trailing the last honey hunter.
UPHILL BATTLES
LEFT BEHIND
Disabled And Disdained
washingtonpost.com
In rural America, some towns are divided between those who work and those who don't
A SONG OF ICE AND RAT POISON
Waging War On Rats In The Sub-Antarctic
narrative.ly
A team of ambitious ecologists is trying to rid these freezing South Atlantic islands of vermin to save their rarest bird. But are they attempting the impossible?
GOUDA, SAVE THE CHEESE!
The Mad Cheese Scientists Fighting To Save The Dairy Industry
bloomberg.com
Amid an historic glut, a secretive, government-sponsored entity is putting cheese anywhere it can stuff it.
THAT'S CONCERNING
How Fake Cops Got $1.2 Million In Real Weapons
themarshallproject.org
The Government Accountability Office created a fictitious law enforcement agency and applied for military-grade equipment from the Department of Defense. And in less than a week, they got it.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
SO LONG SUCKERS!
Just A Delightful Video Of Two Sea Lions Celebrating Their Release Back Into The Wild
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Ah, the fishy smell of freedom.
FROM THE DIGG STORE
7 Gadgets You Need For Your Summer Getaway
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It's not the destination, it's the journey. These gadgets will make both more awesome.
Like sea lions, we're excited to find some water to jump in this weekend.

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Return Of The Glasshole

Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: The problem with the "clean eating" fad, Google Glass is back, and cops are bad at using body cameras.
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WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Google Glass Is Back (And It's Good Now), 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: The problem with the "clean eating" fad, Google Glass is back, and cops are bad at using body cameras.
AMERICA'S RICH UNCLE
Percy Ross Wants To Give You Money!
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He was was a self-made, blue-collar millionaire in Reagan's America. But when Percy Ross decided to give away his fortune, he made things simple: all you had to do was ask for it.
REACH FOR THE STARS (AND LIKES)
Inside Los Angeles' New Internet Celebrity Summer Camp
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Take a trip to Los Angeles' new internet celebrity summer camp.
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IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME, MAN
A BUNCH OF CHARLATANS
The San Francisco Rock Band That Was Too Wild For The Sixties
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George Hunter of the Charlatans never shot Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, not even once. But in the spring of 1966, on the grounds of Rancho Olompali, Garcia had reason to believe Hunter was gunning for him, causing the great guitarist to royally freak out.
A TOTAL CROMULENT RANKING
The Decline In The Quality Of 'Simpsons' Episodes, Charted
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Even though most fans agree that "The Simpsons" jumped the shark a long time ago, there's still a lot of debate over when that downfall began. One fan decided to watch each episode and graph his enjoyment for our collective benefit.
YIPPIE KI NAY
How A Group Of '70s Radicals Tried (And Failed) To Invade Disneyland
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It took a presidential assassination to force the park to close early for the first time in history in 1963. But the second instance was a bit more head-scratching.
SUBURBAN WAR
How The Pentagon Poisoned America
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The Pentagon's handling of munitions and their waste has poisoned millions of acres, and left Americans to guess at the threat to their health.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WHAT IS THIS DARK MAGIC?
We're Having Trouble Wrapping Our Heads Around The Maneuvers This Fighter Jet Can Do
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​This is a Russian SU-35 fighter jet. It can do some bonkers things in the air.
IN THE NEWS
Trump Is Asking Advisers If He Can Pardon Himself
Chester Bennington, Singer Of Linkin Park, Dead At 41
Scientists Reverse Brain Damage In Drowned US Toddler
Justin Bieber Banned From China For 'Bad Behavior'
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You don't need Google Glass to see that the weekend is almost here.