You Think This Is A Game?

He's won HQ Trivia multiple times, racking up over $12K. He's had his picture taken with HQ host Scott Rogowsky. No, there's no funny business here. Scott Menke relies on his trivia skills and the occasional quick Google to come out on top.

Digg Editions Morning · Sat, Apr 14

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GAME OVER THE OTHER SCOTT The Guy Who Can't Stop Winning HQ Trivia digg.com He's won HQ Trivia multiple times, racking up over $12K. He's had his picture taken with HQ host Scott Rogowsky. No, there's no funny business here. Scott Menke relies on his trivia skills and the occasional quick Google to come out on top. THE IMPOSSIBLE BOSS How The Makers Of 'Mafia III' Lost Their Way kotaku.com What happened? How did such a promising studio hit so many roadblocks? THEY'RE PUTT-PUTT NUTS Why Myrtle Beach Takes Mini-Golf So Seriously atlasobscura.com From friendly mermaids to a fiery volcano, the courses in this South Carolina city have it all. THE SILENT THREAT WATCH: How One Swedish Submarine Defeated The World's Strongest Navy digg.com Size is not as important as sound. VAPES WE DIGG | SPONSORED Here's Everything You Need To Start Vaping (For $1) blu.com E-Cig pioneers, Blu is offering their myblu starter kit — which includes their myblu e-cig, a charger and the fan-favorite Gold Leaf liquidpod — for $1. Insane, right? THE WEEK IN PICTURES FAMED FRAME Here Are The Winners Of The World Press Photo Of The Year Contest digg.com A staggering 4,548 photographers submitted 73,044 images for a shot at this year's World Press Photo of the year contest, but it was Ronaldo Schemidit's singular image that stood out among the pack. PICTURE THIS The Best Photography Of The Week digg.com Looking at China from above, the priest that wrestles and what happens when you photoshop hours of a sports event into a single photo. WHEN SUNRISE CRASHES AN AURORA PARTY The Week's Coolest Space Images digg.com Every day satellites are zooming through space, snapping incredible pictures of Earth, the solar system and outer space. Here are the highlights from this week. WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME GUILTY PLEASURES The Ice Cream Shop So Good Israelis Sneak Into Palestine To Eat There munchies.vice.com "The ice cream is stretchy, like melted cheese. It makes me so sad that I may not have that ice cream ever again." 'MAD MAN IN WACO' The Haunting Rock Ballads Of Cult Leader David Koresh dangerousminds.net It's definitely creepy. But, let's remove the artist from the art and maybe there will be something there? THE BOX 2.0 The Oracle That Spoke Too Soon tedium.co Oracle CEO Larry Ellison sold the tech world on the Network Computer, a machine designed to kill the PC's dominance. The problem? It was 15 years too early. VIDEO OF THE DAY SPACED OUT Watching This User Interface Guru Vastly Improve A Bad Design Is Very Satisfying digg.com We here at Digg don't know anything about bad design choices. DIGG GIVEAWAYS Win An All-Expenses-Paid Trip For Two To The Himalayas dojomojo.ninja Don't take the same lame vacation as all your Facebook friends; get off the beaten path with a pal on a 10-day excursion through the beautiful nation of Nepal. Oh, and do it with the newest and most stylish travel gear on the market. Hey. Have a great weekend, okay? View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Tall, Smug And Handsome

Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Tall men think they're tall enough, The Rock's stunt double ​might be cooler than The Rock and the new Gmail design is just fine thanks.

Digg Editions Morning · Fri, Apr 13

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TALL ORDER WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Tall Men Are Pretty Pleased With Themselves, 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: Tall men think they're tall enough, The Rock's stunt double ​might be cooler than The Rock and the new Gmail design is just fine thanks. GETTING HIGH How 879 Days Of Spaceflight Changed Gennady Padalka news.nationalgeographic.com With nearly 900 days accumulated over 17 years, Padalka has spent more time in space than any other human, ever, so he seemed like the perfect person to talk to about how spaceflight changes a person. THE BORDER IS IN CONTROL How Trump Moved The Mexican Border North politico.com It started in Texas. And the rest of the country is next. MATTRESSES WE DIGG | SPONSORED You're Invited To Mattress Firm's Friends And Family + Sale mattressfirm.com This sale is so good, it's like having a friend in the mattress business. Get 20% off when you choose from one of Mattress Firm's name brand mattresses + an extra 10% off, now through Sunday. DOLLARS AND SENSE COMMON CENTS How Much Is An Hour Worth? The War Over The Minimum Wage theguardian.com Some economists say it should be raised. Others say it's already too high. But what if both sides are missing the point? NOT TO LABOR THE POINT The Most Relatively Common Job In Every State, Mapped digg.com There are certainly a few stereotype-conforming jobs on the map, like physicists in New Mexico, gaming service workers in Nevada and fashion designers in New York. But there are also quite a few head-scratchers. THE LIMIT HAS BEEN APPROACHED Why It's Almost Impossible For Fastballs To Get Any Faster wired.com Advances have fueled a dramatic upward trend in world-record athletic performances, but the baseball pitch is stuck. The reason is physics. A TOTAL HEADACNE The Sketchy Reasons Big Pharma Can Charge Over $500 For Acne Face Cleanser racked.com Because health care is broken. WE DID NAZI THIS SECRET NAZI HISTORY COMING The Forgotten Nazi History Of 'One-Pot Meals' atlasobscura.com This was the Eintopfsonntag campaign—a Nazi push to make German families eat one-pot meals. Eventually, it would endure well into the Second World War and popularize these stews, soups, and pilafs in Germany for generations to come. VIDEO OF THE DAY DEFINITELY NOT THE DRIVER'S FAULT Construction Crew Finds Out Why You Can't Be Lazy About Barricading Off Wet Cement digg.com The best part of this video is the cameraman cackling wildly as the car rolls on through. IN THE NEWS Unsparing Portrait Of Trump Emerges In Early Excerpts From James Comey's Book In Reversal, Trump Proposes Rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership Billy Mitchell, The Gamer Made (In)Famous By 2007's 'King Of Kong,' Is Now Banned From Competitive Gaming After Several Deaths, Tesla Is Still Sending Mixed Messages About Autopilot Doorman Confirms Wild Story About Trump, The National Enquirer And A Lovechild FROM THE DIGG STORE Cyber Security Roles Are More In Demand Than Ever digg.com It has something to do with Equifax. And Verizon. And Kmart and Yahoo. Cheers to the freakin' weekend baby! View the Edition at Digg.com »

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