What The Hell Happened In East New York?

Broken, Drinking A Gallon Of Water A Day Is Fine And Other Facts, Finally, A Way To Understand How Visitors Use Your Site, What Makes A Person Creepy?, How The Rest Of The World Caught Up To Tegan And Sara, How 'American Idol' Became The Nation's Post-9/11 Therapy The Daily Digg Friday, April 8, 2016 WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED IN EAST NEW YORK? Broken digg.com Civic leaders want to fix East New York. Do they know what they're up against? WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Drinking A Gallon Of Water A Day Is Fine 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: drinking a lot of water will not kill you, the world's most flattest floor and the most useless machine ever. SERVICES WE DIGG SPONSORED Finally, A Way To Understand How Visitors Use Your Site hotjar.com Want to understand your website's users without the hassle of combing through dense analytics? Let Hotjar do it for you. Hotjar provides and all-in-one analytics and feedback tool that provides the most useful heatmaps, funnels and interactive views of your site. AN UNNATURAL PROPENSITY FOR FAVA BEANS What Makes A Person Creepy? blogs.discovermagazine.com When someone is creepy, you can just feel it, but what qualities actually add up make a person creepy. One study tried to find out. CLOSER THAN EVER How The Rest Of The World Caught Up To Tegan And Sara buzzfeed.com In 2016, the mainstream looks and sounds like this boundary-pushing Canadian sister act. Now that the former outsiders have survived misogynist critics, a fickle industry, and each other, the stars are aligned for them to become two of the biggest names in pop. WRAPPED IN RED, WHITE, AND BLUE How 'American Idol' Became The Nation's Post-9/11 Therapy digg.com "American Idol" was "born" exactly nine months after 9/11. The timing was significant, because since its premiere on June 11, 2002, the show has become an integral part of the country's coping strategy — a kind of guidebook for our difficult entry into the 21st century. Get more stories on Digg.com BABY LOVES TO DANCE IN THE DARK ​Dancers from the Hofesh Shechter Company perform "Sun" during a rehearsal at the National Theater Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, April 7, 2016. The work will be performed from April 8 through April 10 at the National Theater Concert Hall in Taipei. Credit: AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying 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

What Should We Do About This Leak?

The Voyeur Who Bought A Hotel To Spy On His Guests, And Other Stories, What The Hell Happened In East New York? Episode 4, The Best Way To Learn About Wine Is To Drink Lots Of It, What Should We Do About Big Data Leaks?, The Last Days Of Dave Mirra, Spike Lee Interviews Bernie Sanders The Daily Digg Thursday, April 7, 2016 WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK The Voyeur Who Bought A Hotel To Spy On His Guests, And Other Stories digg.com The voyeur of Colorado, the sleep industrial complex and more of the best longform stories of the week. ESCAPE What The Hell Happened In East New York? Episode 4 digg.com ​Kevin's long journey comes to end. But does that mean that he has found answers? Or does the story and fate of East New York defy clarity? BOTTLES WE DIGG SPONSORED The Best Way To Learn About Wine Is To Drink Lots Of It clubw.com Here's the thing, good wine is the kind of wine you think is good. So get more good wine with Club W's custom picks tailored to your taste buds. Build your profile now and get 50% off your first order. WAIT FOR THE DROP? What Should We Do About Big Data Leaks? newrepublic.com The internet makes critical information accessible. Now let's make it usable. REMEMBERING THE 'MIRACLE BOY' The Last Days Of Dave Mirra nymag.com He sat in the cab of his truck near his home in Greenville, North Carolina, and shot himself with his own gun. He was 41 years old, with two young daughters and a wife. TWO GUYS FROM BROOKLYN Spike Lee Interviews Bernie Sanders hollywoodreporter.com The Hollywood director and the senator from Vermont he supports for president — both of whom hail from Brooklyn — meet for the first time to talk free education, guns, a certain "demagogue" (you get one guess) and Obama's legacy on the eve of the crucial New York primary. Get more stories on Digg.com THIS GRINDS OUR GEARS IN THE RIGHT WAY This linear motion machine does absolutely nothing. And that's all we could ever ask for. Credit: tomcraftswales 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 Massive Dumpster Fire

Have Questions About The Panama Papers? We've Got The Reporters Who Worked On The Investigation, What The Hell Happened In East New York? Episode 3, Your Commute Is Stressful Enough, Make Parking Easy, How The Average Triumphed Over The Median, The Most Interesting Dumpster In The World, Is This The End Of Everest? The Daily Digg Wednesday, April 6, 2016 DIGG DIALOG Have Questions About The Panama Papers? We've Got The Reporters Who Worked On The Investigation digg.com The revelations in the Panama Papers are massively important — and more than a little complicated. Come chat with Fusion reporters Alice Brennan, Adam Weinstein and Catherine Dunn tomorrow at noon ET about the leak and their investigation. OUTRAGE What The Hell Happened In East New York? Episode 3 digg.com ​The mystery of how so much danger and despair can afflict one neighborhood gives way to Kevin's growing anger, as he walks the streets and pours through statistics trying to make sense of the place that obsesses him. APPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Your Commute Is Stressful Enough, Make Parking Easy m.onelink.me With SpotHero, you can search for parking, compare rates and reserve a parking spot in seconds from your phone or computer. And when you book in advance, you save money. Get $5 off your first spot with promo code DIGG5. ABOVE AVERAGE How The Average Triumphed Over The Median priceonomics.com The supremacy of the average over the median has had profound consequences about how we understand data. In many cases, it has led us astray. ONE SCIENTIST'S TRASH, ETC ETC The Most Interesting Dumpster In The World inverse.com The Large Hadron Collider is arguably the world's biggest physics laboratory. It also has arguably the world's most interesting trash. PAST ITS PEAK Is This The End Of Everest? outsideonline.com After two years of unimaginable tragedy, everyone from outfitters and Sherpas to would-be climbers and the Nepalese government is questioning the future of commercial mountaineering. Get more stories on Digg.com ON TOP OF THEIR GAME Spinning top trick shots are apparently a (very, very impressive) thing. Credit: Kuma Films 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

Build Your Own Scarlett Johansson

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