The Many Ways You Could Die

The Many Ways You Could Die And Other Facts, Eating Right Can Save The World, The Video Game You Can't Win, How To Throw A Knife Perfectly, Let's Talk About 'Making A Murderer', Why Do Americans Work So Much? The Daily Digg Friday, January 8, 2016 WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK The Many Ways You Could Die And Other Facts digg.com Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the week's most curiously important facts. This week: how you will die in one graph, the un-squishable rubber ducky and the best way to defog your windows. BEAN COUNTING Eating Right Can Save The World outsideonline.com The endless cascade of nutritional information — about localism, vegetarianism, veganism, organic food, the environmental impact of eating meat, poultry, or fish, and more — makes the simple goal of a healthy, sustainable diet seem hopelessly complex. GAMIFYING CANCER The Video Game You Can't Win digg.com This week on "Reply All": How do you end a video game about your dying child?​ HELPS TAKE THE EDGE OFF How To Throw A Knife Perfectly inverse.com The point of learning how to throw a knife is that you know how to throw a knife. DIGG DIALOG Let's Talk About 'Making A Murderer' digg.com Check out our list of things you should read once you've finished watching and leave your thoughts on the series here! THE ECONOMY, STUPID Why Do Americans Work So Much? theatlantic.com The economist John Maynard Keynes predicted a society so prosperous that people would hardly have to work. But that isn't exactly how things have played out. Get more stories on Digg.com A MOMENT OF SELF-REFLECTION Bhrigu Celly, center, and Prabhu Anbananthan, below, use their phones as they sit next to a mirror in the hallway at CES International, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, in Las Vegas.​ Credit: AP Photo/Gregory Bull Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002

Bury Us On Uranus

A History Of The Occult In Rock 'N' Roll, How The Fantasy Sports Industry Turns Fans Into Suckers, Stop Drinking Shitty Wine, The People Running Your Facebook Feed, And Other Great Stories, The Business Of Space Funerals, Why The US Should Never Host Another Olympics The Daily Digg Thursday, January 7, 2016 SGT. PEPPER'S TELL-TALE HEARTS CLUB A History Of The Occult In Rock 'N' Roll medium.com From The Beatles and the Stones to Led Zep, Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath, how the dark arts cast a spell on popular music. DIGG DIALOG How The Fantasy Sports Industry Turns Fans Into Suckers digg.com The idea that FanDuel and DraftKings exist so that regular guys can make a lot of money playing daily fantasy sports is a lie. Join writer Jay Caspian Kang to talk about his piece on the industry, his fantasy sports losses and more today at 1pm. Leave your comments now! WINE WE DIGG SPONSORED Stop Drinking Shitty Wine clubw.com Dear valued Digg user: Because we love you (and we love you even more after a glass of wine) we want to introduce you to your next delivery obsession: Club W. Wine not? (See what we did there?) WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK The People Running Your Facebook Feed, And Other Great Stories digg.com How your Facebook newsfeed gets made, how a father helped his son and his family cope with cancer through a video game, and more. THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION The Business Of Space Funerals priceonomics.com The new space age is opening niche space-borne products to the average person, like space-aged scotch and, yes, space funerals. FIVE-RING CIRCUS Why The US Should Never Host Another Olympics outsideonline.com It's expensive, demanding, and in the eyes of the many cities that have refused to throw their hats into the five-ring circus, a total scam. Get more stories on Digg.com THIS IS NOT THE SAFETY DANCE Members of a traditional firefighting preservation group perform ladder stunts during the annual New Year's Fire Brigade Review in Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. Credit: AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002

Wearables Are For The Weak

Directors Who Cameo In Their Own Movies, Inside The Movement To Make Dallas The Hub Of Implantable Electronics, Cyber Security Made Easy, Inside A Brazilian Prison's Beauty Pageant, Why Dry January Is The Worst, The Most Contentious Debate In The Film World The Daily Digg Wednesday, January 6, 2016 LIGHTS! CAMEO! ACTION! Directors Who Cameo In Their Own Movies digg.com Sometimes even the best directors can't resist jumping into the background of their shots. WEARABLES ARE FOR THE WEAK Inside The Movement To Make Dallas The Hub Of Implantable Electronics dallasobserver.com The Obama administration is directly funding research into implants that are designed to alter people's brains. Conspiracy theorists, take note. FROM THE DIGG STORE Cyber Security Made Easy store.digg.com If last year taught us anything, it's that yeah, you should probably make sure your online privacy is protected. And this VPN does just that. DIGG DIALOG Inside A Brazilian Prison's Beauty Pageant digg.com Glamour is the last thing you'd expect in a prison, but in Brazil's largest city, even prison walls can't keep out fantasies of beauty and style. Watch Broadly's documentary on this fascinating prison event and come talk about it with Tracie Morrissey and host Bianca Zanini tomorrow at 1pm EST. Leave your comments now! WHY NOT TRY A GYM AND TONIC? Why Dry January Is The Worst firstwefeast.com The January fauxliday celebration is drunk on the stupid intentions of wellness freaks and purism obsessives. Here's how. DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? The Most Contentious Debate In The Film World vox.com Understanding the difference between film and digital, and why knowing how a movie was shot is so important before you go to the theater. Get more stories on Digg.com A PRETTY COOL CONCEPT ​The FFZero1 by Faraday Future is displayed at CES Unveiled, a media preview event for CES International Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, in Las Vegas. The high performance electric concept car was unveiled during a news conference by Faraday Future. Credit: AP Photo/Gregory Bull Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002

A Double Whammy Of Shame

The Key To The Extinction Of The Dinosaurs May Lie Behind A Lowe's In Jersey, What Should Be Done About The Armed Militia That's Taken Over A Wildlife Refuge In Oregon?, Live Your Best Life With This Extra Long Charger, VIDEO: New Parrot Consumer Drone Takes Off From Your Hand And Looks Like A Stealth Bomber, Where Hair Pullers Like Me Aren't Alone, Why Do We Wait Until January To Make And Break Resolutions? The Daily Digg Tuesday, January 5, 2016 A LOT OF BONES TO PICK The Key To The Extinction Of The Dinosaurs May Lie Behind A Lowe's In Jersey nytimes.com In a pit behind a Lowe's improvement store, lies a quarry that used to be the bottom of the sea. In it is a layer of fossils that one scientist calls a "mass death assemblage," and it might help to better explain how the dinosaurs went extinct. DIGG DIALOG What Should Be Done About The Armed Militia That's Taken Over A Wildlife Refuge In Oregon? digg.com There are up to 100 participants in this protest, and they're not ruling out violence if the police try to remove them. Check out our updating post and leave your thoughts here! FROM THE DIGG STORE Live Your Best Life With This Extra Long Charger store.digg.com Stop straining for the iPhone on your end table because the charging cord isn't long enough to reach your bed. That's no way to live. QUADCOPTERS ARE SO LAST YEAR VIDEO: New Parrot Consumer Drone Takes Off From Your Hand And Looks Like A Stealth Bomber digg.com Parrot released its latest drone that has a fixed-wing design and will automatically take off from your hand. Kiss your quadcopter goodbye. 'A DOUBLE WHAMMY OF SHAME' Where Hair Pullers Like Me Aren't Alone narrative.ly "There is no cure or proven treatment for trichotillomania, or compulsive hair pulling. After years of suffering in silence, a support system of 'trichsters' helped me hold my head high." TO GET THEM ALL OVER WITH AT ONCE Why Do We Wait Until January To Make And Break Resolutions? bbc.com We could spend all year living healthier, more productive lives, so why do we only decide to make the change at the start of the year? Get more stories on Digg.com A COLD TOUR A tourist and restaurant boat specially designed for winter rivers cruises the frozen Moskva River in Moscow. Temperatures dipped to -0.4 F in Moscow and -4 F in surrounding regions. Credit: AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002