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IT'S NOT JUST YOU WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK The Placebo Effect Is Way More Real Than We Thought, 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 placebos are nothing to scoff at, Honeycrisp apples are ruining East Coast orchards and the Grinch does sex. APOLOGY NOT ACCEPTED I'm The Reason Why Old Jeep Cherokees Are So Expensive Today roadandtrack.com Somewhere in the mid-2000s, I did something that inadvertently shifted the course of Cherokee history. I wrote a joke post on a car forum. GOING OFF GRID Why Do All Websites Look The Same? medium.com The internet suffers from a lack of imagination, so I asked my students to redesign it. THE IPHONE SE REMAINS THE KING The Price Of Every iPhone, Adjusted For Inflation digg.com You weren't just imagining it — the iPhone X was a big jump. PRIVACY WE DIGG | SPONSORED This VPN Is Super Safe And Blazing Fast hotspotshield.com There's a reason Hotspot Shield has been downloaded more than 650 million times: it's lightning quick, it's a snap to use and it truly protects your data the way you deserve. Okay, that's three reasons, but you get it. TOP DOG DOES YOUR CITY HAVE THE BRAGGING RIGHTS? The Winningest Cities In North American Sports pudding.cool What makes a title-town? DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE How Youtube's Algorithm Really Works theatlantic.com Of all the videos posted to YouTube, there is one that the platform recommends more than any other right now. 3. IT'S HARD TO GET INTO AND OUT OF Nine Things I Learned From Driving A Supercar For Three Days arstechnica.com Nothing could quite prepare me for driving a $235,000 McLaren 570S Spider. VIDEO OF THE DAY STAY CALM, TOUCH DOWN Coast Guard Helicopter Pilot Makes Crazy Landing On Ship In Rough Seas digg.com 46 mph winds, 15-foot seas and a small, moving landing pad? No problem, no problem at all. DIGG GIVEAWAYS Take A Once-In-A-Lifetime Trip To Machu Picchu — For Free dojomojo.ninja Hiking to Machu Picchu is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, which is why we want to send you there. IN THE NEWS From 5,000 Feet To Shattered In Seconds: What Caused A Jet's Fatal Plunges Florida's Senator And Governor Races Headed For Recounts As Margin Closes Scientists Unveil Ancient Sea Monsters Found In Angola Abandoned By The US Media, The Migrant Caravan Rolls Into Mexico City How The Midterm Election Might Have Played Out If It Were A Presidential Election, Mapped DIGG PICKS The Gadget For That Friend Who Always Loses Their Stuff amazon.com Tired of turning your place upside down to find something? The Tile Sport has you covered with a 200 foot range and waterproof shell. Use it to find anything you attach it to, or double tap to find your phone. This has been a long week. You're almost there. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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