Animals Do The Darndest Things

The 2016 Comedy Wildlife Photography Finalists Are Here, And They Are Good. The competition just named it finalists. They all look like winners to us, but here are some of the derpiest of the bunch.

Digg Editions Morning · Tue, Oct 18

INTO THE WILD ANIMALS DO THE DARNDEST THINGS The 2016 Comedy Wildlife Photography Finalists Are Here, And They Are Good digg.com The competition just named it finalists. They all look like winners to us, but here are some of the derpiest of the bunch. GETTING BODIED The Thrill-Seeking Bodysurfers Of California's Most Terrifying Wave narrative.ly Meet the daredevils addicted to the iconic "Wedge" surf break — no boards allowed. ALL BARK, NO FROSTBITE The Dogs That Saved An Entire Town bbc.com In 1925, the small Alaskan town of Nome was in the throes of a deadly diphtheria epidemic. To save the town's inhabitants, 20 teams of sled dogs transported a vital anti-toxin over 674 miles of ice and snow, in just six days, through the most brutal winter conditions for decades. TRAINING WE DIGG | SPONSORED Hey, Want A Career In The Innovation Economy? curriculum.startupinstitute.com Looking to skill up? Startup Institute has full-time and part-time courses to help you become a web developer, web designer, marketer or even get into sales. THE SPECTER OF THE PAST BLIMPS > HUMANS The 1942 Ghost Blimp That Bewildered A California Town atlasobscura.com The remains of the missing crew were never found. 'BORROWED TIME' WATCH: A Super Dark (And Super Good) Western Short Made By Two Pixar Animators digg.com Watching this short by Pixar's Lou Hamou-Lhadj and Andrew Coats really makes you wonder what would happen if Pixar decided to hunker down and make a gritty, gunslinging Western. Do we smell an Oscar, perhaps? KISSING, MARRYING, RULING COUSINS The Entangled Family Trees Of European Royals Over 1000 Years, Visualized datasketch.es Whether to restrain aggression between two families, create a stronger front towards a third family, increase territorial acquisitions, or make legal claim to a foreign throne, European royal families intermarried *a lot.* This led to some very interesting and entangled family trees. CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT DO NOT PASS GO, DO COLLECT $104M I Won $104 Million For Blowing The Whistle On My Company — But I Was The Only One Who Went To Jail melmagazine.com Bradley Birkenfeld blew the whistle on a Swiss bank for helping Americans avoid paying taxes. He spent two and a half years in prison, but he later was awarded $104 million by the IRS for his role in exposing the scheme. NO, NOT SAFE FOR WORK The Founder Of Hollywood's Most Elite Sex Club Is Unhappy esquire.com He bought a mansion and filled it with debauchery. It still isn't enough. VIDEO OF THE DAY TIME TO BLAZE IT UP Werner Herzog's Newest Documentary Takes Us Deep Inside The Bellies Of Active Volcanoes digg.com IN THE NEWS Heat Wave Set To Break Records Across The US Billy Bush Officially Leaves NBC In The Wake Of 'Access Hollywood' Tape Melania Trump Says Donald Was 'Egged On' By Bush To Make Lewd Comments Ellen Pao's Project Include Cuts Ties With Y Combinator Over Peter Thiel's Trump Donation We hope your Tuesday is like a volcano, but one that spews joy instead of lava. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Life's Not A Beach

After the 2008 recession, commercial real estate firms had a ton of empty buildings. Fortunately, Halloween stores were ready to fill the gap — for a month.

Digg Editions Morning · Mon, Oct 17

MARKET MONDAY DRESSING UP THE STRIP MALL The Halloween-Industrial Complex tedium.co After the 2008 recession, commercial real estate firms had a ton of empty buildings. Fortunately, Halloween stores were ready to fill the gap — for a month. LIFE'S NOT A BEACH Why Are We So Bad At Taking Time Off Work? slate.com Vacations are good for us and good for our employers. So why don't we take them? PREDICTION MARKETS ARE...HARD TO PREDICT A Visual History Of How Presidential Elections Affect US Financial Markets qz.com History suggests such a dramatic outcome is unlikely. In fact, there is little evidence that the markets react much at all to elections in the short-term. SUITCASES WE DIGG | SPONSORED Time For A Luggage Upgrade? Get This geniuspack.com This hardside carry on by Genius Pack literally makes packing hassle-free with its engineered interior organizational panel. It has designated compartments for all your clothes, a secluded laundry compartment, and 8 silent-gliding wheels, so you don't have to wheel your luggage like the hulk. Also super light, only 6.8 lbs! A STICKY SITUATION HOW TO BE AN ADULT How To Make A Nasty Cold Suck Less digg.com You're an adult, you know there's no silver bullet cure for a cold — what can you do to at least make it suck less? Cue up the montage music, because it's virus fighting time. PLANET FATBERG Wet Wipes May Be Wrecking The World's Sewers theatlantic.com Can wet wipes be stopped? Or must cities resign themselves to a future of fatberg? FINDING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL I Tried To Find The Worst Bar In New York And Learned Nothing vice.com For people like me, the ultimate test for any drinking establishment is that it induces discomfort in all who enter it. The bars I like are the ones that make me afraid WE'RE THE KIDS NOT IN AMERICA (SLIGHTLY NSFW) The Wild Lives Of Teenagers In Northern Russia huckmagazine.com A chance encounter with a group of reckless kids helped Russian photographer Igor Samolet rekindle his wild youth. SCHOOL'S IN FOREVER The World's Toughest School Exam theguardian.com Chinese children must endure years of stress and impossible expectations preparing for their final school exam. The students who do best can look forward to glittering careers and even good marriage prospects. But for the less successful, the system is brutal. VIDEO OF THE DAY DON'T BET ON THESE CARDS The Hydraulic Press Turns Playing Cards Into Confetti digg.com The only true use for all that meaningless junk you accumulate on your desk over the years — giant erasers, oversized playing cards, etc. — is crushing the heck out of them with the hydraulic press. IN THE NEWS Kurdish And Iraqi Forces Close In On ISIS Stronghold Of Mosul Poll: 41% Of voters Say Election Could Be 'Stolen' From Trump GOP Headquarters In Orange County, North Carolina Firebombed Tech Investor Peter Thiel Reportedly Will Donate $1.25M To Trump Campaign North Korea Says It's Ready To Strike First If Faced With Nuclear War On this Monday, be the hydraulic press and not the playing cards. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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