The Year In Digg

The Year In Digg, The Ten Most Confusing Car Buttons And Symbols — And What They Mean, What Happens When One Of Your Coworkers Dies, Facebook's Two Faces, Yes, You Can Die From Laughing Too Hard The Daily Digg Friday, December 20, 2013 DIGGS WE DIGG (SPONSORED BY DIGG) The Year In Digg digg.com In the last year, we here at Digg have posted 21,303 stories, tweeted 25,088 times, and drank over 1,000 beers. But these numbers only tell part of the tale. That's why we've compiled the most noteworthy stats and stories from 2013 into something we like to call, "The Year In Digg." 'CHECK ENGINE' MEANS CHECK THE ENGINE The Ten Most Confusing Car Buttons And Symbols — And What They Mean jalopnik.com Every driver has seen a strange dashboard symbol or found an unfamiliar button in their car and wondered, "What the hell is that?" Luckily, we're here to help. A DIFFERENT SORT OF GRIEF What Happens When One Of Your Coworkers Dies thebillfold.com "Mike don't open your e-mails," he says. That's when I notice that our office has a candle in it too. "You need to know," he says, trails off, starts again, "that Colin has passed away." HARD WIRING Facebook's Two Faces technologyreview.com The company says it wants to wire the world. But will it do more than make its own app better? THE LAST LAUGH Yes, You Can Die From Laughing Too Hard theweek.com It's all fun and games until someone ruptures a blood vessel. Read more on Digg.com → THE ROCKETTES LOOK TERRIBLE THIS YEAR Indonesian and Vietnamese sepak takraw players compete in the double team sepak takraw event during the 27th Southeast Asian SEA Games in Naypyidaw on December 19, 2013. Credit: YE AUNG THU/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Your Life Is Boring

Google's Location History Browser Is A Minute-By-Minute Map Of Your Life, OED Birthday Word Generator: Which Words Originated In Your Birth Year?, The Elaborate Journey Of A Cronut, This Full-Sized Lego Car Is Powered By Air, This Is Why You Should Never Lose Your Lottery Ticket The Daily Digg Thursday, December 19, 2013 YOUR LIFE IS BORING Google's Location History Browser Is A Minute-By-Minute Map Of Your Life techcrunch.com Quick! Where were you last Tuesday at 6:35 PM? You probably have no idea. Most people's brains just don't work that way. But odds are, Google knows. FUTURE BABY, YOUR WORD IS TWERK OED Birthday Word Generator: Which Words Originated In Your Birth Year? blog.oxforddictionaries.com Do you know which words entered the English language around the same time you entered the world? DRAWING THE NEWS The Elaborate Journey Of A Cronut readtapestry.com A delicious trip. PLEASE DON'T BE A HOAX This Full-Sized Lego Car Is Powered By Air digg.com Granted it doesn't go very fast, and it's probably the most unsafe vehicle since the Hindenburg, but we really, really want one. THE LOTTERY BASICALLY WINS THE LOTTERY This Is Why You Should Never Lose Your Lottery Ticket usnews.nbcnews.com More than a half a billion dollars went missing last year — in glove compartments, washing machines, desk drawers and sometimes even literally in the trash. Read more on Digg.com → FLYING IS FASTER THAN SKIING Bode Miller of the USA competes during the FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Downhill training, on December 18, 2013 in Val Gardena. Credit: OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

A Good Church Man Is Hard To Find

Where Are All The Good Church People?, This Chart Blows Up The Myth Of The Welfare Queen, These Jeans Were Made For You, The Best Way To Put Your Duvet Cover Back On, Fishing For Monsters In The Amazon The Daily Digg Wednesday, December 18, 2013 THEY'VE BEEN RAPTURED Where Are All The Good Church People? theamericanscholar.org Evangelical Christianity in America is losing its power — what happened to Orange County's Crystal Cathedral shows why. BOOKMARK FOR FUTURE FOX NEWS REBUTTALS This Chart Blows Up The Myth Of The Welfare Queen theatlantic.com The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows us the frugal reality of life on the social safety net. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED These Jeans Were Made For You weargustin.com This is how shopping should be. THE DUVET BURRITO The Best Way To Put Your Duvet Cover Back On digg.com Maybe now you'll stop living like a filthy animal and will actually wash your sheets more than once every few months. FACE OF A PIRANHA, BODY OF A TORPEDO Fishing For Monsters In The Amazon vocativ.com It's called the arapaima, or pirarucu. It lives in the Amazon River. It's enormous. Read more on Digg.com → HE'S EARNED HIS ALLOWANCE Workers mow the lawn of the Corinthians Arena stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Credit: CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Shashi Tharoor, OMG Facts, and 6 others have Tweets for you

magicsgifs, Here's what's trending on Twitter this week.         Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor India "should have come here a little earlier and planned a little better" -- Ray Jennings espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v… Hope @BCCI pays attention 14 Dec 'Kohli needs to stay confident' Ray Jennings, the former South Africa coach and the current coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore, believes his ward, Virat Kohli, faces a difficult test in South Africa 1 Related tweet NPR News @nprnews Africa Wanders From Mandela's Path To Democracy n.pr/IVJZpW 14 Dec Africa Wanders From Mandela's Path To Democracy Many African nations hold regular elections, but it's still rare for power to change by ballot. OMG Facts @OMGFacts October 5th is the most popular birthday in America! Details --> omgf.ac/ts/up3 15 Dec October 5th is the most popular birthday in America! Public health record indicate that birthdays in America are for the most part evenly distributed throughout the year. For some reason October 5th has more children born than any other day! Why is this? There tend to be… Bollywood Hungama @Bollyhungama . #HoneySingh talks about Dubai concert with @iamsrk bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/fe… 14 Dec Honey Singh talks about Dubai concert with SRK Honey Singh talks about Dubai concert with SRK - Check out the latest celebrity features,India's premier bollywood portal. Shane Warne @warne888 Interesting stats here for cricket lovers !!! 👍 instagram.com/p/h8d2XluASx/ 15 Dec 1 Retweet Connor Franta @ConnorFranta had the pleasure of randomly meeting @DarrenCriss last night! such a nice guy! pic.twitter.com/5JsQN3jNLV 15 Dec 1 Retweet バカッターbot @bakatter__bot 磯野家を全員坊主にしてみた pic.twitter.com/GerrW5tPIW 15 Dec 1 Retweet ShahrukhKhan Fanclub @ShahrukhKhan_FC #SRKMostPowerfulIndianCelebrity is trending on TOP in India... @iamsrk @iamsrkclub @MandviSharma pic.twitter.com/qJDKJJ8loF 15 Dec 1 Retweet Don't miss out. Stay up to date on what's happening. Go to Twitter Forgot your Twitter password? Get instructions on how to reset it. You can also unsubscribe from these emails or change your notification settings. Need help? If you received this message in error and did not sign up for Twitter, click not my account. Twitter, Inc. 1355 Market St., Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94103