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Friday, 25 September 2015

Everyone Farts

You're Surrounded By Farts And Other Facts, Jazz Jennings Is Finding Her Voice, WATCH: A Compilation Of People Destroying Their iPhones, The Man Behind The Mascots Is A Character, Too, How To Become The Deputy Administrator Of NASA, So, I Just Watched 'Star Wars' For The First Time
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Friday, September 25, 2015
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WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
You're Surrounded By Farts And Other Facts
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This week we learned that you're forever enveloped in a fart cloud, Disney movies have a lot of dead parents and most left-handed people are from New England.
A NEW JAZZ AGE
Jazz Jennings Is Finding Her Voice
buzzfeed.com
At 6 years old, Jazz Jennings became one of the first openly transgender children ever to appear on television. Eight years later, she boasts a children's book, YouTube fame, and a TLC reality show — but can she balance being the most famous transgender kid in America with just being a kid?
WARRANTY: VOIDED
WATCH: A Compilation Of People Destroying Their iPhones
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The iPhone 6S Plus is out today, so we've compiled the best clips of people wrecking their old iPhones. While these phones probably could have been donated or sold, we have to admit that there's something satisfying about seeing last season's lusted-after piece of tech dropped, smashed, shot, set on fire, or otherwise reduced to metal spaghetti.
A MASKED IDENTITY
The Man Behind The Mascots Is A Character, Too
nytimes.com
After his wife kicked him out, Jean-Claude Tremblay moved into his small factory here and set up a cot. He slept there for two years, he said, as he devoted himself to what was becoming his life's work: building mascots.
A JOB THAT'S OUT OF THIS WORLD
How To Become The Deputy Administrator Of NASA
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Dr. Dava Newton's first job was polishing shoes in a department store. Now she's second-in-command at NASA. Here's how she got there.
GREAT KID! DON'T GET COCKY
So, I Just Watched 'Star Wars' For The First Time
wired.com
To my peers who still haven't seen "Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope," let me offer a word of warning: The hokey fade transition effects and the deep V revealing Harrison Ford's chest hair can't be unseen.
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THE POPE LOOKS SO DOPE
Image: ​Pope Francis leaves St. Patrick's Cathedral after attending an evening prayer service in New York, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015.
​Pope Francis leaves St. Patrick's Cathedral after attending an evening prayer service in New York, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. Credit: Anthony Behar/Pool Photo via AP
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Thursday, 24 September 2015

I Hate You, Man

The Most Hated Man On The Internet, The Best Articles Of The Week: Plane Bombers And Ultrarunners, Your Student Loans Just Got Lighter, How Big Will A Sustainable Mars Colony Have To Be?, Take A Valium, Lose Your Kid, Go To Jail, How Prescription Drugs Get So Wildly Expensive
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Thursday, September 24, 2015
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RIPOFF ARTIST
The Most Hated Man On The Internet
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This week on "Reply All," meet the man behind Ripoff Report, the bane of online businesses. People have all sorts of stories about him. They say he lives in a bunker, he's on the run from the FBI, he's a sociopath, a pedophile. "Reply All" decided to go find him.
THE LONG-READER'S DIGEST
The Best Articles Of The Week: Plane Bombers And Ultrarunners
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Ken Dornstein's brother died in the Lockerbie plane bombing and he may have found those responsible; how doctors tell ten-year-old JJ that she was born HIV-positive; and Catra Corbett quit meth a couple decades ago and hasn't stopped running since.
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Your Student Loans Just Got Lighter
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INBRED IN OUTER SPACE
How Big Will A Sustainable Mars Colony Have To Be?
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The problem of Martian genetics.
LAW VERSUS FAMILY
Take A Valium, Lose Your Kid, Go To Jail
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​Alabama has turned hundreds of pregnant women into felons for using drugs — even when they're legal and the kids turn out fine.
TOUGH PILL TO FINANCE
How Prescription Drugs Get So Wildly Expensive
wired.com
Is Martin Shkreli really an excessive rogue actor, or is he merely playing by the same rules as the rest of the pharmaceutical industry?
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GET YOUR NUNS IN A ROW
Image: ​Nuns sit in their pews while waiting for Pope Francis to arrive inside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, in Washington.
​Nuns sit in their pews while waiting for Pope Francis to arrive inside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, in Washington. Credit: AP Photo/David Goldman
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Tuesday, 22 September 2015

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The Most Mysterious Emoji

What Did People Think About The First iPhone?, Bugs Bunny Sings 50 Cent's 'Many Men', Shopping Without The Shopping, Apple's Curious New Emoji Is Different From The Rest, Pope Francis To Find A Church In Upheaval, The Dark Origins Of Conjugal Visits
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015
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BROWSER HISTORY
What Did People Think About The First iPhone?
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Apple released its first iPhone a little over eight years ago, on June 29, 2007. Before it was clear the iPhone would take over the world, people had some thoughts about it: Was this "high-tech bling" "fundamentally flawed"? Or would it be the Jesus phone?
PERMANENTLY RABBIT SEASON
Bugs Bunny Sings 50 Cent's 'Many Men'
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Looking back on it, the vast majority of Bugs's life is simply not being murdered.
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:SCREAM:
Apple's Curious New Emoji Is Different From The Rest
time.com
Apple has concocted a strange new symbol for its emoji library. The tech giant calls its new ideogram "eye in speech bubble." Indeed, the symbol looks just like that: a dilated peeper set against a black chat balloon. Strangely though, the ideogram was not designed by the Unicode Authority, suggesting that Apple needed it for something specific.
WANING FAITH
Pope Francis To Find A Church In Upheaval
nytimes.com
Pope Francis is scheduled to land in the US today, but the state of the church has changed since the last time a pope has been to the states. Some US churches are bursting with immigrant parishioners, while others are struggling to even stay open.
HICKY HISTORY
The Dark Origins Of Conjugal Visits
priceonomics.com
Conjugal visits loom large in pop culture. They are the subject of prison-related jokes and fantasies. Despite their reputation, reformers believe that more prisons should have them. While they may be good policy, the visits got their start in America for the worst possible reasons.
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LOOKS LIKE A BASKET CASE
Image: Spain' s Sergio Llull uses the net as a hat after winning the Eurobasket European Championship final between Spain and Lithuania in Lille, northern France, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Spain beats Lithuania 80-63 to take Eurobasket gold medal.
Spain' s Sergio Llull uses the net as a hat after winning the Eurobasket European Championship final between Spain and Lithuania in Lille, northern France, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Spain beats Lithuania 80-63 to take Eurobasket gold medal. Credit: AP Photo/Michel Spingler
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