This Week's Best Videos: A Rocket Powered Bicycle, A Really Dangerous Road, And Priceless Dad-Rage

Son's Asinine Questions Inspire Priceless Dad-Rage, Man Goes 207 MPH On Rocket-Powered Bicycle, An Ingenious Nutcracker For The Modern Era, Himalayan Bus Ride Is Not For The Faint Of Heart, Ever Seen A Clam Lick (Or Kick) Salt?, Spears Fly In This Mind-Bendingly Fast Martial Arts Demonstration The Daily Digg Sunday, November 16, 2014 'ASK ME A NORMAL FUCKING QUESTION' Son's Asinine Questions Inspire Priceless Dad-Rage digg.com This kid claims to be asking his dad questions for a sociology class. Maybe it started that way, but we're pretty sure he's just egging his dad on to watch him lose his damn mind. WE WANT TO RIDE HIS BICYCLE Man Goes 207 MPH On Rocket-Powered Bicycle digg.com Last week, Francois Gissy strapped rockets to a bicycle and reached 207 MPH in under five seconds. What did you do last week? HER NAME IS NAOMI An Ingenious Nutcracker For The Modern Era digg.com From their website: This shapely Diva is a cracking success with all the nuts lying at her feet — in the truest sense of the word. Naomi knows how to behave. With her, cracking nuts is child's play with an immediate reward: the nut kernel. EVERYONE USE THE PASSENGER DOOR Himalayan Bus Ride Is Not For The Faint Of Heart digg.com Investing in a few donkeys to carry people seems like a really good idea right about now. WE CALL THEM SEA TONGUES Ever Seen A Clam Lick (Or Kick) Salt? digg.com UPDATE: It's actually the clam's foot. OR SO SCIENTISTS WANT YOU TO BELIEVE. PREVIOUSLY: So a clam's body is, for all intents and purposes, just a massive tongue. And they love the taste of salt. NEO'S GOT NOTHING ON THESE TWO Spears Fly In This Mind-Bendingly Fast Martial Arts Demonstration digg.com These two martial artists are competing in an exhibition known as duilian, which pits a bare-handed combatant against a weapon-wielding opponent. We wouldn't want to face either of them, with or without a weapon. Read more on Digg.com → THIS WAS AN 'ACCIDENT' Recent policy changes in Italy require all fireworks shows to be under 90 seconds in length so this is how renegade firework artists are getting around the law. Credit: Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Vote for the Greatest Cricket World Cup Moment

Hi magicsgifs, Cast Your Vote Participate in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) 100 Greatest World Cup Moments Countdown. Every day leading up to the Cricket World Cup 2015, ICC features a different historic moment. Today's moment is Mahendra Singh Dhoni's World Cup winning innings of 91 from the 2011 final. Vote for this moment with #CaptainCool by tapping the Tweet button below or follow @ICC to stay up-to-date with the countdown. Tweet #CaptainCool Email settings | Opt-out | Help Twitter, Inc. 1355 Market Street, Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94103

Mindless Self-Indulgence

How A Disgraced College Chain Trapped Its Students In Poverty, Window Washing Skills Beyond A Robot's Reach, It's Friday, You Deserve Some Mindless Self-Indulgence, ISIS Keeps Getting Better At Dodging U.S. Spies, What We Learned This Week, Ever Seen A Clam Lick (Or Kick) Salt? The Daily Digg Friday, November 14, 2014 A LOW POINT IN HIGHER LEARNING How A Disgraced College Chain Trapped Its Students In Poverty buzzfeed.com Corinthian Colleges lured students to its high-priced courses with the promise of an escape from poverty. But mired in tens of thousands of dollars of debt they will likely never be able to repay, many now feel more stuck than ever. SOME THINGS STILL NEED THE HUMAN TOUCH Window Washing Skills Beyond A Robot's Reach nytimes.com As a pair of window washers clung to a scaffold dangling outside the 68th floor of 1 World Trade Center on Wednesday, the captivating drama left some below wondering: Why were they up there at all? DIGG VIDEOS It's Friday, You Deserve Some Mindless Self-Indulgence digg.com Trying your hardest not to do any work today? Here's a whole bunch of videos to waste your time in the best possible way. THE NEW CLOAK AND DAGGER ISIS Keeps Getting Better At Dodging U.S. Spies thedailybeast.com There's a reason ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi has proven so hard to take out. He and his followers have become really good at keeping their communications covert. DIGG PICKS What We Learned This Week digg.com This week, we learned about the secret life of the "Goosebumps" illustrator, the going rate for a Moscow mistress and why we like the smell of our own farts. WE CALL THEM 'SEA-TONGUES' Ever Seen A Clam Lick (Or Kick) Salt? digg.com UPDATE: It's actually the clam's foot. OR SO SCIENTISTS WANT YOU TO BELIEVE. PREVIOUSLY: So a clam's body is, for all intents and purposes, just a massive tongue. And they love the taste of salt. Read more on Digg.com → TAKE A BOW A model presents a creation from the Juozas Statkevicius women's Spring-Summer 2015 fashion collection in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. Credit: Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

420-69-8008

Frantic 911 Calls Document The Horror Of The Marysville School Shooting, The Invention Of Sliced Bread, Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu, A New Trailer For 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron', Why Are We Still Using Social Security Numbers?, Spears Fly In This Mind-Bendingly Fast Martial Arts Demonstration The Daily Digg Thursday, November 13, 2014 WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT Frantic 911 Calls Document The Horror Of The Marysville School Shooting buzzfeed.com The calls were made by students, parents and others during the Washington state shooting that ultimately left four victims and the gunman dead. IT'S BETTER THAN SLICED ITSELF The Invention Of Sliced Bread priceonomics.com On the surface, sliced bread seems pretty simple. But it didn't come easily: it's an invention that endured tremendous hardships, tragedy and years of innovation before hitting the shelves in the 1920s. It even toughed out a government ban during World War II. ADVERTISEMENT FAVORITES FROM THE NEW YORKER Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu newyorker.com John Updike's classic 1960 portrait of the love affair between Boston and Ted Williams — "it has been a marriage, composed of spats, mutual disappointments, and, toward the end, a mellowing hoard of shared memories." SPOILER: THE HEROES SAVE THE DAY A New Trailer For 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron' digg.com Things are looking grim for The Avengers in this new emotionally charged trailer. OURS IS 420-69-8008 Why Are We Still Using Social Security Numbers? pando.com After all, they were originally issued solely to organize retirement benefits and the government explicitly stated that SSNs were not to be used for identification. And at just nine digits — with the first five corresponding to the city and year of issuance through 2011 (now randomized) — they're not the most secure or difficult to guess. NEO'S GOT NOTHING ON THESE TWO Spears Fly In This Mind-Bendingly Fast Martial Arts Demonstration digg.com These two martial artists are competing in an exhibition known as duilian, which pits a bare-handed combatant against a weapon-wielding opponent. We wouldn't want to face either of them, with or without a weapon. Read more on Digg.com → GETS THE POINT ACROSS A fellow protester wipes the eye of Gerardo Orue, a former worker of Unicom, a company contracted to build the Itaipu Dam, as he lies crucified outside Brazil's embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, to demand compensation benefits for those let go from their jobs at the dam. The hydroelectric dam on the Parana River straddles the Brazil-Paraguay border. Credit: AP Photo/Jorge Saenz Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Third Wheelin' It

This Battered Woman Wants To Get Out Of Prison, Watch The Rosetta Mission To Land On A Comet Live, The Sex Abuse Scandal Plaguing USA Swimming, U.S. And China Reach Deal On Climate Change In Secret Talks, Himalayan Bus Ride Is Not For The Faint Of Heart, The Adult Tricycle Revival The Daily Digg Wednesday, November 12, 2014 AN ABUSE OF JUSTICE This Battered Woman Wants To Get Out Of Prison buzzfeed.com Tondalo Hall was sentenced to 30 years in prison for allowing child abuse — while the actual abuser got only two years. WE HOPE IT LOOKS LIKE THIS Watch The Rosetta Mission To Land On A Comet Live digg.com A live webcast from ESA mission control, when Europe's Rosetta spacecraft dispatches the Philae lander to make the first-ever touchdown on a comet. The separation of the lander is scheduled to begin around 4:00am EST, and the actual landing scheduled for approximately 11:00am EST. UNPROTECTED The Sex Abuse Scandal Plaguing USA Swimming outsideonline.com There's a horror in the shadows of American competitive swimming: a continuing legacy of sexual abuse, usually involving male coaches who prey on young women — and a governing body that looks the other way. THEY PLAYED IT COOL U.S. And China Reach Deal On Climate Change In Secret Talks nytimes.com China and the United States made common cause on Wednesday against the threat of climate change, staking out an ambitious joint plan to curb carbon emissions as a way to spur nations around the world to make their own cuts in greenhouse gases. EVERYONE USE THE PASSENGER DOOR Himalayan Bus Ride Is Not For The Faint Of Heart digg.com Investing in a few donkeys to carry people seems like a really good idea right about now. THIRD WHEELIN' IT The Adult Tricycle Revival tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com Long a favorite of toddlers, three-wheelers have also attracted the attention of British lords, Indian maharajahs — and now, one writer hopes, a bold new generation. Read more on Digg.com → R.I.P. Palestinians carry the body of Mohammed Jwabreh, 21, during his funeral in al-Aroub refugee camp, near the West Bank town of Hebron, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. Jwabreh was hit by a live bullet in the chest in clashes with Israeli security forces Tuesday. Credit: AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Strawberries Won't Save California

Drought Is Taking California Back To The Wild, Wild West, ​Why Are My Pipes Making That Awful Noise?, The Dark Side Of The Strawberry Industry, Why Do We Like The Smell Of Our Own Farts?, The Teenage Soldiers Of World War One, Guy Sheds 160 Pounds, Vlogs About His Loose Skin The Daily Digg Tuesday, November 11, 2014 SAVE US WILL SMITH Drought Is Taking California Back To The Wild, Wild West nationaljournal.com Last fall Madden noticed something suspicious. The water filling the tanks outside her veterinary clinic in Los Gatos, Calif., was disappearing at an alarming rate. Madden checked for leaks but found none. Then she realized: Someone was stealing her water. DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP ​Why Are My Pipes Making That Awful Noise? digg.com The cold is upon us yet again, and with it comes that incessant clank from inside your walls. It may feel like a cruel joke the weather is playing on you, but it's just a simple problem of fluid dynamics. ROTTEN PATCHES The Dark Side Of The Strawberry Industry cironline.org Strawberries like to grow where people like to live, in the perpetual spring of coastal California. Thus, growers are often forced to use some of the most dangerous pesticides near schools, homes and businesses — and this makes people unhappy, and very unhealthy. YOUR ROSES REALLY SMELL LIKE POO Why Do We Like The Smell Of Our Own Farts? digg.com Whoever "smellt" it may have dealt it, but that doesn't mean they didn't enjoy it. 'TEENAGE TOMMIES' The Teenage Soldiers Of World War One bbc.com War confers many things on boys who pick up a weapon to fight. They learn the true meaning of fear. They test their own capacity for courage and the limits of human endurance, physical and mental. As many as 250,000 boys under the age of 18 served in the British Army during World War One, Fergal Keane remembers their sacrifices. OBESE TO BEAST Guy Sheds 160 Pounds, Vlogs About His Loose Skin digg.com Even though he's more confident in his body, John Glaude is still self-conscious without clothes because of his remaining loose skin. Read more on Digg.com → A NATION MOURNS Grieving family members and friends of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster gathered around 298 candles representing the victims during a national commemoration ceremony in Amsterdam Monday Nov. 10, 2014. Nearly four months after the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was downed over eastern Ukraine killing all 298 people onboard, relatives and friends are gathering to commemorate the lives of victims. Credit: AP Photo/Frank van Beek, Pool Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014