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Saturday 6 July 2019

Spin The Bottle Cap

This Week's Best Memes, Ranked, Before America Got Uncle Sam, It Had To Endure Brother Jonathan, and more.
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Morning · Sat, Jul 06
HOW BIZARRE
PATRIOT EDITION
This Week's Best Memes, Ranked
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It's an internet fight and only the funniest memes will prevail. This week's challengers? Gamer girl bath water, the #BottleCapChallenge and more,
OH BROTHER
Before America Got Uncle Sam, It Had To Endure Brother Jonathan
atlasobscura.com
Brash, bold and bigoted, he made for an uneasy national mascot.
TRAGIC KINGDOM
Gawrsh! Goofy's Entire Family May Be Dead
polygon.com
The bizarre, tragic, and likely imagined history of Goofy's wife and family
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AN EYE FOR DETAIL
When Santa Goes On Vacation, And More Of The Best Photography Of The Week
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The search for George Washington, Shanghai's vanishing courtyard houses and other best photos of the week.
A DIFFICULT TIME
WE'LL HAVE HAD A GOOD RUN
A Math Equation That Predicts The End Of Humanity
vox.com
How much longer till we all die off? 760 years, give or take.
THE RISE OF THE PEOPLE
The Water Movement: Inside The Fight For Hong Kong
macleans.ca
Five years ago, people held umbrellas over their heads to shelter themselves from the tear gas that rained down upon them; today, they are the rain. They are the Water Movement of Hong Kong.
COFFEE WITH TRAINING WHEELS
The Frappuccino As Rite Of Passage
eater.com
For many tweens and teens from the '90s and beyond, the Starbucks Frapp was a gateway into what felt like adulthood.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
I HAVE TO GO NOW, MY PLANET NEEDS ME
We Can't Stop Watching This 3-Second Video Of A Cat Jumping Over A Gate
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Gets better every loop.
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From healthier french fries (they exist) to perfectly cooked chicken, this ultra-versatile Power Air Fryer 10-in-1 Pro Elite Oven comes with 10 presets to whip up everything from large dinners to a meal for one.
The best part of a four-day weekend is that there are still two days left.

Friday 5 July 2019

It's Money Laundering Day

How Britain Can Help You Get Away With Stealing Millions, A Man Stayed In The New Yorker Hotel For One Night And Now Claims He Owns It, And More Of The Week's Best Scam Stories, and more.
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Morning · Fri, Jul 05
GETTING AWAY WITH IT
THANKS FOR THE TIP
How Britain Can Help You Get Away With Stealing Millions
theguardian.com
Dirty money needs laundering if it's to be of any use — and the UK is the best place in the world to do it.
CONS AND PROS
A Man Stayed In The New Yorker Hotel For One Night And Now Claims He Owns It, And More Of The Week's Best Scam Stories
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The predatory practices of GrubHub, the reputation consultants gaming Google and more of this week's best scam and hoax stories.
MAKING STOCK
How Stock Photographers Take A Perfectly Anonymous Picture
vox.com
The husband-and-wife team behind these stock images play both photographer and subject.
A HOUSE DIMINISHED
Photographing Shanghai's Vanishing Courtyard Houses
citylab.com
Built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, shikumen houses are barely holding on in the modern megacity.
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THAT'S HARDCORE
PUTTING DOWN A LEASE RIGHT NOW
This Hurricane Proof House Made From 612,000 Recycled Plastic Bottles Can Withstand 326 MPH Winds
gizmodo.com
If you're looking to build a new home on coastal waters where hurricanes are known to roam, you might want to skip the two-by-fours and cement and instead start drinking bottled soda.
MAN OF THE CLOTH, MEET METALLICA
The High Priest Of Heavy Metal
narratively.com
First he found God. Then he found death metal. But Father Robert Culat believes there's no reason the two can't co-exist.
'A COURSE IN MIRACLES'
The Curious Mystical Text Behind Marianne Williamson's Presidential Bid
nytimes.com
The New Age author was drawn to an esoteric kind of bible as an aimless young woman in the 1970s. It has made her a self-help megastar. And now it has entered the political mainstream.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
JANDRO THE PRO
Card Trick Wizard Sets The Record For Fastest Unsolvable Trick On 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us'
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Not only is Spanish magician Jandro super skilled with a deck of cards, he's also laugh-out-loud funny.
IN THE NEWS
Strong Job Growth Is Back: Payrolls Jump In June Well Above Expectations
Apple Is Reportedly Giving Up On Its Controversial Macbook Keyboard
6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Southern California
Rare Lava Lake Discovered On Remote Island Is One Of Only Eight
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Refresh That Underwear Drawer With These American-Made Boxer Briefs
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Need some new undies? Upgrade to these wildly comfortable boxer briefs from Flint and Tinder.
Happy July 5th. Give yourself and your grill the day off.

Thursday 4 July 2019

America: Season 243

Happy Netflix Dependence Day, Fourth Of July Foods, Ranked By How Much They Make Me Love America, and more.
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Morning · Thu, Jul 04
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JULY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU
NOT SO STRANGE THESE DAYS
Happy Netflix Dependence Day
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When I hear something is an eight hour commitment, I think of a workday, not a television season best watched in one sitting.
IT'S ALL IN THE COLORS
Fourth Of July Foods, Ranked By How Much They Make Me Love America
eater.com
High-fructose corn syrup, phallic energy and manic nostalgia define this great nation.
BURN BABY, BURN
Men Still Can't Stop Injuring Themselves On The Fourth Of July
melmagazine.com
And four other things we learned about our idiotic obsession with explosives this holiday.
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KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES
FROM COVER TO COVER
5,000 Top-Selling Book Covers, Arranged By Visual Similarity
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An interactive map of over 5,000 book covers, organized by machine learning.
BROKE: BOTTLE FLIP; BESPOKE: BOTTLE KICK
The #BottleCapChallenge Is The Most Athletic Trend To Go Super Viral In A While
digg.com
Everyone from Jason Statham to Conor McGregor to John Mayer to random fitness influencers has jumped in on this viral trend.
BACK THAT THING UP
How Luggable Sacks Went Mainstream
tedium.co
The history of the backpack, and why misinformed people seem to assume that they're for kids.
WHEN THE FLOODGATES OPENED
Destroyer Of Worlds
members.tortoisemedia.com
How a childhood of anger led the founder of 8chan to create one of the darkest corners of the internet.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
LIKE A ROCK
Guy Tries To Show Off The Acceleration Of His Vintage Chevy Chevelle, Instantly Regrets It
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The driver did not see this coming.
IN THE NEWS
A Third CRISPR Baby May Have Already Been Born In China
29-Year-Old Australian Student Alek Sigley Released from North Korea
Trump Critic Justin Amash Quits Republican Party
Bitcoin Consumes More Energy Than Switzerland, According To New Estimate
Everything You Need To Know About Trump's Fourth Of July Event
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Win Or Lose, Nobody Dies With 'Monopoly Game of Thrones'
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This reimagining of Monopoly sheds the classic theme in favor of the ever-popular "Game of Thrones" look and feel. Holdfasts and castles, dragons and stags, this is a great way to spend board game night.
Happy July 4th, everyone! Let's try not to crash any cars today.