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OUT THERE WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD National Geographic Named The Best Travel Photos Of The Year, And They Are Stunning digg.com Taken all over the globe, these images represent the world's very best photographers seeking out beautiful scenes in the most remote corners of our planet. They're incredible. CRYPTOZO-WA-LOGY This Map Of The Paranormal In Seattle Is The Best Thing Online This Week digg.com Have you seen an alien at the Space Needle? A ghost at Pike Place market? "Things That Just Don't Make Sense" in Fremont (who hasn't)? Add it to the map! THE X FACTOR Lies, Blackmail And Murder: The Mysterious Life — And Death — Of 'Madame X' mentalfloss.com Kate Jackson's identity was ever-shifting. But to police and a jury, she was a murder case that has yet to be solved. COMFORT IN THE KAKASHI The Scarecrow Master Of Shikoku, Japan bbc.com On Shikoku, the smallest and least visited of Japan's four main islands, one woman has had a mind-spinning response to a common crisis. MORTGAGES WE DIGG | SPONSORED The Mortgage Industry Is Bad, This Startup Is Making It Better better.com Better is a digital lender determined to transform the mortgage industry. Most people think home ownership isn't an option. But with automated discounts, first-time homebuyer programs and low down payment options, Better makes buying a home more feasible than you think. OK IDEA, BAD EXECUTION WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK No One Knows How To Recycle Yogurt Cups Either, 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: Recycling isn't as straightforward as we think, exposing the NSA's secret spying hubs and the one rule change that will change the NFL. SUNK COST Abalonia: The Island Nation That Never Was atlasobscura.com In 1966, California newspapers began reporting a startling story. A B-movie actor and several California businessmen were making plans to build their own island. The chosen locale was 100 miles off the California coast, on a massive, submerged island known as Cortes Bank. DISRUPTING IS EASIER THAN FIXING How The Startup Mentality Failed Kids In San Francisco wired.com Huge contributions from tech titans, a STEM-packed curriculum, gadgets everywhere: Willie Brown Middle School was supposed to set the bar. Then it opened. STRANGER THAN FICTION The Crazy Story Of The Counterfeit Queen Of Soul smithsonianmag.com In 1969 a small-town gospel singer was kidnapped and forced to fool audiences that she was Aretha Franklin. This is the true story of Vickie Jones. VIDEO OF THE DAY WE NEED THIS A German Student Came Up With This Incredibly Clever Invention To Protect Smartphones From Breaking digg.com In a perfect world, nobody would drop their smartphones on the ground and risk breaking them. Unfortunately, we don't live in that perfect world. Fortunately, we live in one where this has been invented. SALES WE DIGG | SPONSORED Save $400 On A Made-To-Measure Suit indochino.com Indochino's process is simple: Choose your fabric, customize your style and submit your measurements. Right now, you can get one of their premium made-to-measure suits (which usually cost $800) for $379 when you use the promo code DIGG. IN THE NEWS Suspect Identified And Charged In Capital Gazette Shooting, Five Dead Capital Gazette Releases A Paper The Day After Its Office Was Attacked A Giraffe And A Dunk Tank Could Thwart A New 'Unite The Right' Rally No, Facebook Did Not Patent Secretly Turning Your Phone Mics On When It Hears Your TV It's Friday, and that still means something dang it! View the Edition at Digg.com »

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