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Your Car's LED Daytime Running Lights Are Dangerous And Other Facts

Digg Editions Morning · Fri, Jul 01

WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Your Car's LED Daytime Running Lights Are Dangerous 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: LED daytime running lights are bad, how architecture catches thieves and why you shouldn't hit the trails with a bike from Walmart. WHAT'S HAPPENING Austria's Highest Court Orders Repeat Of Presidential Runoff Alleged Planner Behind Istanbul Airport Bombing Named Joe Biden Says Sanders Will Endorse Clinton ICYMI: Adnan Syed — Of 'Serial' — Granted A New Trial CARRY-ONS WE DIGG | SPONSORED A Smarter Carry-On For High-Tech Travelers geniuspack.com Genius Pack's luggage has integrated charging and compression technology so that you can stay connected and pack what you need while taking up less room. DON'T BE A BAD SPORT WITH A PADDLE, WITHOUT A CLUE Chasing Niagara Falls In A Kayak sports.vice.com In 2011, pro kayaker Rafa Ortiz set himself an ambitious, maybe crazy goal: to paddle off Niagara Falls, a 150-foot drop. PROBABLY ALL THE BLOWS TO THE HEAD? Why Are So Many MMA Fighters Truthers, Conspiracists, And Just Plain Weird? deadspin.com Take Ronda Rousey, who in 2013 took a break from dominating the women's bantamweight division to find out the truth about the Sandy Hook massacre. Or Tim Kennedy, the UFC middleweight/Army Ranger who appears on Alex Jones and has the beliefs of a John Birch Society conspiracist who was cryogenically frozen and revived in the late 2000s. 'BLOCKS 4 TOTS' WATCH: Just A Bunch Of NBA Players Wrecking Kids At Their Basketball Camps digg.com Now that the NBA season is officially over, it's time for America's greatest professional basketball players to give back to their communities. And by "give back," we mean block the heck out of some middle schoolers. THIS ONE GOES TO ELEVEN RUMBLE IN THE CONCRETE JUNGLE It's Gonna Get Loud: Inside Tokyo's Underground Noise Scene huckmagazine.com The late 70's and early 80's saw an explosive new scene emerge in Japan: noise. Photographer Gin Satoh was there to record the violence and volume; now for the first time his photos are being exhibited outside Japan. SCHOOL HOUSE METAL The Story Of The World's Most Brutal Middle-School Metal Band vice.com The new documentary "Breaking A Monster" paints an absorbing portrait of Unlock the Truth, three thoroughly normal adolescent kids from Flatbush, Brooklyn who happen to confident, disciplined, and extremely impressive metal musicians. DARK LORDS Punks, Goths, Disco Queens, Rockers And Ravers: Portraits Of UK Nightlife medium.com Four decades of images capturing alternative London's unique counter-cultural history. BEFORE YOU GO AIRBRUSHING A Very Cool Timelapse Captures The Painting Of An Airplane Over 15 Days digg.com This is the Emirates Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial aircraft. It is so large that the entire repainting process took 34 professionals and nearly 15 days to complete, setting a company record. That's it! Hope your weekend gets off to a flying start. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Aliens In The Outfield

How Sony, Microsoft And Other Gadget Makers Violate Federal Warranty Law

Digg Editions Morning · Wed, Jun 29

A STICKY SITUATION How Sony, Microsoft And Other Gadget Makers Violate Federal Warranty Law motherboard.vice.com If you own a gaming console, laptop, or computer, it's likely you've seen one of these warnings in the form of a sticker placed over a screw or a seam: "Warranty void if removed." What almost no one knows is that these stickers and clauses are illegal. WHAT'S HAPPENING EU Leader To Brexit Proponent Nigel Farage At EU Parliament Meeting: 'Why Are You Here?' Attack On Istanbul Airport Leaves 41 Dead, More Than 230 Hurt Chatbot Lawyer Overturns 160,000 Parking Tickets In London And New York Toyota Recalls 3.37 Million Cars Over Airbag, Emissions Control Issues FITNESS WE DIGG | SPONSORED Getting In Shape Is Hard. Kenzai Makes It Harder digg.kenzai.com Kenzai knows what works. And it sure as hell isn't fad diets, juice cleanses or five-minute workouts. Kenzai helps you see real, sustainable results through their 90-day program of workouts and a personalized diet. They're running a 24-hour flash sale just for Digg users, so check it out. LOST IN SPACE LOOKING FOR GHOSTS Aliens, Archaeology And The Atomic Bomb mtv.com A road trip through the ruins of the American West. WE'RE THE GREEN MEN The US Is An Alien Nation features.wearemel.com For Hollywood, extraterrestrials are a reflection of what Americans think and fear about themselves. LIGHTING UP THE DESERT SKY WATCH: NASA Test-Fires World's Most Powerful Rocket Booster — Which Will Blast Astronauts To Mars digg.com Several of these boosters will be used on the space agency's next big rocket, the Space Launch System, which will help take astronauts into deep space. BRAIN GAMES Modafinil Can Make You Smarter — But You Can't Take It Yet techinsider.io Students and overworked employees frequently experiment with substances like Adderall or Ritalin, but it hasn't been shown that most of these "cognitive enhancers" actually make anyone's brain work "better." But there's one substance that might actually does improve attention, memory, learning, and other cognitive abilities — modafinil. The Science Of Why People Insist On Making Idiotic Choices qz.com Well-informed experts put forward a view on a topic based on the best evidence available, and public opinion jumps the other way. Why does this happen? BEFORE YOU GO IF ONLY BEER WERE LIKE THIS You Probably Already Own Some Of This Magical Self-Pouring Liquid digg.com Never look at your razor the same way again. Enjoy your day! And don't drink the Fizzy Lifting Drink (or the self-pouring liquid for that matter). View the Edition at Digg.com »

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A Craigslist Confessional

The Long-Term Risks Of Early Puberty

Digg Editions Morning · Mon, Jun 27

THEY GROW UP SO FAST The Long-Term Risks Of Early Puberty theatlantic.com Girls who start to develop at young ages — as more and more of them are — are at risk for a host of physical and psychological problems. WHAT'S HAPPENING Pope Francis: Church Should Apologize To Gays And Other Marginalized Groups Sacramento Neo-Nazi Rally Stabbings Leave Several Wounded Singapore Airlines Plane Catches Fire While Making Emergency Landing 10 Injured After Roller Coaster Derails At Theme Park In Scotland BANKING WE DIGG | SPONSORED Hot Tip: You Could Be Earning 100x More Interest On Your Checking Account aspiration.com The Summit Account from Aspiration lets you earn up to 100x more interest on your checking account. Plus, they have no monthly service fees and free access to every ATM in the world. FOR SALE (NOT) BY OWNER LOSING GUN CONTROL CIA Arms Intended For Syrian Rebels Supplied Black Market nytimes.com The theft, involving millions of dollars of weapons, highlights the messy, unplanned consequences of programs to arm and train rebels — the kind of program the CIA and Pentagon have conducted for decades. A CRAIGSLIST CONFESSIONAL I Stole And Sold Old Workplace Office Goods To Support My Family qz.com "I couldn't risk being thrown out on the street. I needed to take care of my family." STEALING FROM THE MOB The Whitey Bulger Auction: What's A Mobster's Stuff Worth? bloomberg.com They're selling off the Irish mafia boss's punching bag, mob history books, and used sneakers. HIDDEN TREASURES CANARY IN THE GOLD MINE The Most Important Government Agency You've Never Heard Of washingtonmonthly.com The Office of Financial Research is meant to be the early-warning system for the next financial crisis. Is it doing its job? THE WALLS HAVE EYES The Security Features In Architecture That You Never Notice atlasobscura.com Some of the best security features are subtly interwoven into the fabric of building design. A QUARK IN THE SYSTEM The Higgs-Shaped Elephant In The Room symmetrymagazine.org Higgs bosons should mass-produce bottom quarks. So why is it so hard to see it happening? BEFORE YOU GO DID COCA-COLA PAY HIM TO DO THIS? Whoever Thought Taking A Bath In A Giant Coke Pool Was A Cool Idea, Think Again digg.com If the video itself wasn't enough to convince you, here's an additional comment from the guy who uploaded it: "This stuff wreaks horribly when absorbed in soil." So really, think again. Now go take your Monday morning coffee bath. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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