8: The Answer To Life, The Universe And Everything

Jeff Henry often said that his goal in life was to make customers of his family's legendary water parks happy — "to put a smile on their faces, to give them a thrill or two." It was a beautiful vision. Until it went horribly wrong.

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LESSONS UNLEARNED 'A NIGHTMARE BEYOND COMPREHENSION' Schlitterbahn's Tragic Slide texasmonthly.com Jeff Henry often said that his goal in life was to make customers of his family's legendary water parks happy — "to put a smile on their faces, to give them a thrill or two." It was a beautiful vision. Until it went horribly wrong. SALÂM, ESM E SHOMA CHIE? The Hardest Languages For Native English Speakers To Learn, Visualized digg.com Not all secondary languages were created equal for native English speakers. According to the Foreign Service Institute, some languages take a lot longer to learn than others. TAKING THE HEAT Apple Can't Handle The Heat extremetech.com Severe core i9 throttling has been found on new MacBook Pros. THINK GLOBALLY, CORRUPT LOCALLY The Demise Of Local Newspapers Is Hurting City Finances qz.com Without local reporters poking around, local governments aren't monitored as closely. What results is higher government wages, more government employees, and higher taxes. BANKS WE DIGG | SPONSORED This Bank Will Save You $337 In ATM Fees radiusbank.com Radius Bank is entirely online, so that means it's built around you, no matter where you live. They recently joined the MoneyPass ATM network, which gives users access to 32,000 fee-free ATMs across the country. And if you use an ATM that's still out of network, they'll reimburse all fees at the end of each month. THE WEEK IN PICTURES PICTURE THIS The Best Photography Of The Week digg.com The pigeons that were photographers, the US military's camouflage Disneyland and other best photos of the week. STARRY STARRY NIGHT The Week's Coolest Space Images digg.com Seeing Titan with infrared eyes, "spiders" from Mars and other cool space images of the week. YOU CAN'T FAKE CANDID High-Res Outtakes From Apollo 11's 1969 Moon Landing qz.com The off-kilter composition and the in-between moments remind you that beneath the layers of their impermeable spacesuits, there were actually humans walking on the moon. LIFE IS STRANGE THE ANSWER TO THE UNIVERSE IS 8 The Peculiar Math That Could Underlie The Laws Of Nature quantamagazine.org New findings are fueling an old suspicion that fundamental particles and forces spring from strange eight-part numbers called "octonions." WE'D ALL BE WEARING MOON BOOTS How Apollo-Era Scientists Thought We'd Live On The Moon nationalgeographic.com In the 1960s, experts drew on the best science of the time to show how humans might live and work in lunar style. LOST (NOT) AT SEA The Secret Desert Home Of A Tiny, Lonely Seabird theatlantic.com To save the South American storm petrel, scientists are venturing deep into their long-hidden habitat—and sticking their noses into a lot of stinky holes in the ground. VIDEO OF THE DAY WHAT AN INSANE PLACE TO GET LOST The Moment A Drone Finds A Missing 65-Year-Old Mountaineer Presumed Dead In The Himalayas digg.com Rick Allen was on an excursion with his climbing partner when he fell after a solo attempt on the 26,401-foot summit of Broad Peak, the 12th highest mountain in the world. After he was spotted, he was promptly brought to safety and is on the mend. DIGG PICKS Is Your 401(k) Actually Working? blooom.com Blooom's free 401(k) health report tells you if your 401(k) is doing what you think it's doing. If not, it provides (free) suggestions for how to get your investments where you need them to be. Did we mention it was free? It doesn't matter how many languages you can speak, it's the weekend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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The Milkman Always Rings Twice

Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Whole milk is good now, there will be nothing like "The Dark Knight" again and your phone number isn't safe.

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COME ORIGINAL WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Whole Milk Is Good Now, 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: Whole milk is good now, there will be nothing like "The Dark Knight" again and your phone number isn't safe. WORDS WITH FRIENDS Before 'Warcraft,' There Was 'LambdaMOO' undark.org Before the emergence of Warcraft, and the PlayStation, Pavel Curtis created LambdaMOO. Players used text, not images, and imaginations ran wild. AMAZON CAN'T SHIP YOU AN EXPERT Best Buy Should Be Dead, But It's Thriving In The Age Of Amazon bloomberg.com The big-box retailer doesn't just want to sell you electronics. It wants its in-home consultants to be "personal chief technology officers." COMPUTING WE DIGG | SPONSORED A Dev-Friendly Cloud Platform That's Robust, Intuitive And Affordable digitalocean.com DigitalOcean is quickly becoming one of the most popular cloud-hosting providers. Their dev-friendly, all-in-one platform simplifies cloud infrastructure and helps you deploy, manage and scale apps of any size. IS THIS LEGIT? 'I ALMOST WANTED TO QUIT' The Scam Industry: How The Hip-Hop Boom Sets Hopefuls Up For Failure music.avclub.com The venue's security checked the guest list one more time. HG Locks wasn't on it. It slowly began to sink in: No one was expecting him to perform; he had been scammed. SAVING THEIR SLOT WATCH: Why Airlines Fly 'Ghost Flights' With No Passengers Aboard digg.com This business move often even causes them to lose money. 'THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON' Why I'm No Longer A Russiagate Skeptic politico.com Facts are piling up, and it's getting harder to deny what's staring us in the face. EFFECTIVELY ILLEGAL What It Takes To Get An Abortion In The Most Restrictive State In The US nytimes.com The future of Roe v. Wade is in doubt, but already, American women face increasingly different paths to getting an abortion, depending on their state. VIDEO OF THE DAY WE HAVE LIFTOFF Dang, Look At This 737 Casually Pull Off A Near-Vertical Takeoff digg.com We wouldn't want to be a passenger on a plane doing this, but it is pretty darn cool to watch from the ground. IN THE NEWS Israel Just Passed A Controversial, Long-Contested 'Nation-State' Bill. Here's What You Should Read About It Storm Sinks Duck Boat In Missouri, Killing At Least 13 A Test Run Of A 4-Day Workweek In New Zealand Showed Increased Productivity Europe's Scorching Weather Has Revealed A Mysterious Henge DIGG PICKS Don't Know How To Start Investing? Start Here fool.com The Motley Fool team are legends when it comes to accessible investment advise. Their Stock Advisor newsletter picks stocks and trends to help you establish or expand your portfolio. It costs $19, but that's a small price to pay when you realize what you stand to earn. Stay hydrated this weekend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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