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​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Why you haven't gotten a raise, why a single intersection in England is responsible for two deaths and why people wait in lines.

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A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK It's Not Your Fault You Can't Get A Raise, 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: Why you haven't gotten a raise, why a single intersection in England is responsible for two deaths and why people wait in lines. COAL (AND LIMESTONE) IN YOUR STOCKINGS The Fabulous Story Of North Korea's Fabric Made Of Stone reuters.com Vinalon was developed to clothe the people, but it exposed the holes in state propaganda. PLUS EIGHT, MINUS SANITY My Life As A Mom To 8 Kids thecut.com "The only time I've been away from my kids was when I was in the hospital, giving birth to another one." DIGG PICKS The Best Pen To Write With Is $6 On Amazon amazon.com If you still write things on paper, you know a good pen is hard to find. We found a great one. COMING ATTRACTIONS WHAT IF SHOWS, BUT TOO MUCH? A Brief History Of How Anthology Shows Like 'Black Mirror' Took Over Your TV digg.com Episodic anthology shows haven't always held a special place on TV, but the success of "Black Mirror" could bring about a boom for the form not seen since "The Twilight Zone." Let Fan Service tell you how that came to be. BRIDGING THE PHONE/LAPTOP DIVIDE A Sneak Peek At Google's Secret, Experimental Fuchsia OS arstechnica.com Google currently has two OSes on the market: Android and Chrome OS. The company is never one to leave a successful product alone in the marketplace, though, so it's also developing a third operating system called "Fuchsia." THE BACKLASH TO THE BACKLASH TO THE... The 29 Stages Of A Twitterstorm In 2018 buzzfeed.com The Twitter outrage cycle is inevitable and, ultimately, predictable. 'WE WERE IDIOTS, YOU KNOW YOUNG IDIOTS' The Boy Who Stayed Awake For 11 Days bbc.com In December 1963 two boys hit upon an idea for a school science project — stay awake for as long as possible. And it shed new light on what happens inside our tired brains. VIDEO OF THE DAY TERRIFYING Fishermen Bail Out Of Their Boat Less Than A Second Before A Bigger Boat Obliterates It digg.com It's unclear whether the pilot of the bigger boat lost control of his vessel or just didn't see the fishers — either way, they were super lucky to escape unharmed. IN THE NEWS House Republicans Pass Spending Bill To Avoid Shutdown, Prospects Dim In Senate Who's Affected By A Shutdown: By The Numbers Why A $38 Billion Tax Payment Is A Good Deal For Apple Trump's Lawyer Used Private Company, Pseudonyms To Pay Off Porn Star Before Election Three Actors From Woody Allen's Next Film Have Expressed Regret For Working On It DIGG PICKS This Weighted Blanket Helps You Sleep Through The Night amazon.com Weighted blankets are used as a sleep therapy tool for people who have a hard time de-stressing enough to fall asleep. Sound familiar? Us too. This one's great. We hope you have a killer weekend, government shutdown or not. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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