We'll Bet You $100

Want to get the most for your $100? Head to Mississippi ($116.01). Want to burn your cash a bit quicker? Move to DC ($85.47) or New York ($86.73).

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STATE OF PLAY NOT ENOUGH What $100 Is Actually Worth In Every State digg.com Want to get the most for your $100? Head to Mississippi ($116.01). Want to burn your cash a bit quicker? Move to DC ($85.47) or New York ($86.73). SMILE LINES Inside The Lab That's Quantifying Happiness outsideonline.com At the University of Vermont, mathematicians in the Computational Story Lab are reading your tweets and learning a lot about our collective well-being. THEY'RE REALLY BAD AT THIS A Military Analysis Of The War For Westeros In 'Game of Thrones' arstechnica.com The short of it? If we were advising Daenerys' side, we'd be making some recommendations on changes to her command staff... and maybe feeding some of her current leadership to those dragons. BANKING WE DIGG | SPONSORED Very Cool Bank Alert™ go.radiusbank.com Along with bleeding-edge mobile banking technology, Radius Bank's high interest checking account comes with time-saving built-ins like budgeting tools and P2P payments and doesn't charge any ATM fees. They'll even reimburse you if other banks do. THE WEEK IN PHOTOS CURATED BY VIEWFIND The Best Photography Of The Week digg.com Hunting with eagles in the mountains of Mongolia, photos of LGBTQ Japan and a glimpse inside the remains of secret World War II bunkers. A BIG OLD JOVIAN STORM The Week's Coolest Space Photos digg.com 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. COMING TO GRIPS GET A GRIP The Strange Allure Of The Loneliest Sport Imaginable melmagazine.com It required a pedestrian mechanical malfunction for me to learn about the outer limits of humanity's skill at closing hand grippers — which most people know only in their cheap Wal-Mart variant. WHAT'S IN THE BOX? Why Everyone Is Hating On IBM Watson gizmodo.com Is Watson a joke or a savior for IBM? And why is everyone being so tough on Big Blue and its golden child? ESCAPING THE TRAP Will Cities Ever Outsmart Rats? citylab.com The age-old strategy is "see a rat, kill a rat." The new plan is to end an infestation before it ever begins. VIDEO OF THE DAY ONLY ONE WINNER HERE 18-Wheeler Gets Obliterated By A Freight Train digg.com Luckily, no one was injured in the Georgia crash. FROM THE DIGG STORE Learn A New Language During Your Commute store.digg.com Devote a few minutes each day and you'll be speaking a new language quicker than you think with this award-winning system. Grab it now while it's 80% off. Your $100 may not be worth $100, but at least it's Saturday. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Power Dangers

​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: How to find your opposite job, living off the grid leaves you with too *much* power, and breaking down "American innocence."

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ALL THAT POWER WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Living Off The Grid Leaves You With Too Much Power, 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: How to find your opposite job, living off the grid leaves you with too *much* power, and breaking down "American innocence." RIDING THE WAVE Embracing Colossus surfer.com The enormous surf of Nazaré, Portugal was once greatly feared by the townspeople, but now it's becoming their greatest resource. ILL-GOTTEN GAINS Are Index Funds Evil? theatlantic.com A growing chorus of experts argue that they're strangling the economy — and must be stopped. WINES WE DIGG | SPONSORED 2 MIT Grads Created An Algorithm To Predict Your Favorite Wines brightcellars.com The two MIT grads who founded Bright Cellars created an algorithm that will match your taste preferences with your ideal wine. Try it out and get 50% off your first purchase. LOST IN THE SHUFFLE RIO, ONE YEAR LATER After The Flame espn.com The 2016 Summer Games were supposed to bring Rio and Brazil to new financial and athletic heights. What's left behind? A city and country shrouded by corruption, debt and broken promises. JEFF BEZOS WILL CRUSH YOU How The Rise Of Amazon Has Destroyed Retail Chains, In One Chart digg.com The implosion of the retail economy is a "silent crisis" sending shockwaves through the US economy. The culprit? Amazon. SLIPPING AWAY Forever Yesterday: Peering Inside My Mom's Fading Mind longreads.com Kevin Sampsell bears witness to the ways in which Alzheimer's has been pulling his mother back in time, and taking over her life. DON'T BLAME URSULA Why Do Stars Like Adele Keep Losing Their Voice? theguardian.com More and more singers are cancelling big shows and turning to surgery to fix their damaged vocal cords. But is the problem actually down to the way they sing? VIDEO OF THE DAY GET OUTTA HERE DUDE Cyclist Enacts Swift Justice On Would-Be Bike Thief digg.com This biker left his ride unattended for less than 20 seconds, but that was all the time a thief needed — until the cyclist took him out. IN THE NEWS Trump Says Military Solutions For North Korea Are 'Locked And Loaded,' And Other Trump News From Today US And South Korea Set To Stage Huge Military Exercise Google Cancels All-Hands Meeting Because of Harassment Fears New Orleans Floods Again — Can Anything Save It? FROM THE DIGG STORE Learn A New Language During Your Commute store.digg.com Devote a few minutes each day and you'll be speaking a new language quicker than you think with this award-winning system. Grab it now while it's 80% off. No one man should have all that power, but he should have a couple days off for the weekend, because he's earned it. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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