Your Memories Aren't Real

Over the years, hundreds of people online have shared memories of a cheesy '90s movie called "Shazaam". There is no evidence that such a film was ever made. What does this tell us about the quirks of collective memory?

Digg Editions Morning · Thu, Dec 22

PAST MAY NOT BE PROLOGUE THE BERENSTAIN BEARS AGAIN The Movie That Doesn't Exist And The Redditors Who Think It Does newstatesman.com Over the years, hundreds of people online have shared memories of a cheesy '90s movie called "Shazaam". There is no evidence that such a film was ever made. What does this tell us about the quirks of collective memory? THE RISE AND FALL OF BABYLON A GIF Showing The Location Of The World's Largest City Since 2000 BCE digg.com Unsurprisingly, things get started in in the Fertile Crescent where civilization itself began, but the map spends most of its time in China (and makes only the briefest stop in the Americas). CLOCKING IN FOREVER A Brief Economic History Of Time theatlantic.com Capitalism changed how humans perceive the passage of hours, days, and weeks. This made people more productive, but did it make them any happier? SMILES WE DIGG | SPONSORED Sorry But Santa Can't Bring You A Straighter Smile Down The Chimney smiledirectclub.com Smile Direct Club's aligners are invisible, affordable and shipped straight to your door, all for $99/month. Everything's assessed online, so you don't even need to visit the dentist! Use the code DIGGDAYS35 and get your impression kit for just $35. DARK TALES A TRUE STORY IN 9 PARTS The Baby In The Plastic Bag dagbladet.no One frosty October morning, a newborn baby boy is found inside a plastic bag in an Oslo graveyard. The baby is about to die. THE APOCALYPSE DOESN'T CARE From Punks To Monks: The Story Of Death To The World theoutline.com You're at a punk show. Someone dressed in all black hands you a bunch of black-and-white pages stapled together. "Death to the World," says the cover. When you get home and open it up, you're greeted by unrelenting doom. SOME ANGRY TRUMP TWEETS, PROBABLY What Would Happen In The Minutes And Hours After North Korea Nuked The United States? vice.com Not that they would (or could, right now), but it's good to game these things out. A FIGHTING CHANCE NOCLIP NO MORE How Cheat Codes Vanished From Video Games waypoint.vice.com Once upon a time, cheat codes let players unlock the headiest secrets from their games. WHOA WATCH: This Motion-Mimicking Mech Robot Is The Coolest Thing We've Seen In A Long Time digg.com 2016 has not been a good year. But it will be slightly better if Korean mecha robot METHOD-01 — the arms of which are controlled by its pilot's natural arm movements, a la the AMP Suits in "Avatar" or the Jaegers in "Pacific Rim" — is real. A SERIES OF SNEAKS Drugs, Guns, And Fake Kicks: Inside The Counterfeit Economy complex.com Counterfeit designer clothing is a trillion dollar business that relies on consumers' thirst for bargain shopping to line the pockets of terrorists, drug dealers, and human traffickers. VIDEO OF THE DAY *SWEATING INTENSIFIES* Free Solo Climber (No Ropes, Nothin') Cruises By Another Climber On A Rock Face digg.com We're trying to put ourselves in the mind of this guy scampering up a rock face at 275 feet, but we're really struggling. Much easier to identify with the tethered guy watching in awe. IN THE NEWS North Carolina Fails To Repeal 'Bathroom Law' — During Special Session Called To Do Just That Search Continues For Berlin Truck Attack Suspect Uber Pulls Self-Driving Cars From San Francisco Ikea Has Had Quite Enough Of Teens Having Sleepovers In Their Stores Trump Names Campaign Chief Kellyanne Conway As Counselor To The President Don't look down — you've almost reached the holidays. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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The Shortest Day Of The Year

Inside the company, the once iconic computer is getting far less attention than it once did.

Digg Editions Morning · Wed, Dec 21

MACBOOKS BAD, ROCKETS GOOD JUDGING THE MACBOOK How Apple Alienated Mac Loyalists bloomberg.com Inside the company, the once iconic computer is getting far less attention than it once did. RAW EMOTIONS WATCH: Elon Musk Ran Around Like A Kid On Christmas Morning When His SpaceX Rocket Landed Successfully digg.com Elon Musk can come across as stoic a lot of the time, but this previously unreleased footage from National Geographic shows his true passion for his SpaceX project. LOSING CHARGE Tossed Aside In The 'White Gold' Rush washingtonpost.com Indigenous people are left poor as tech world takes lithium from under their feet. SECURITY WE DIGG | SPONSORED Cyber Security Made Easy privateinternetaccess.com Protecting your online privacy is so, so (so, so, so) important. This VPN from Private Internet Access makes it so easy to do. COOL PLACES TO VISIT CAN SEE RUSSIA ON HIS OWN I Traveled To Russia's Northernmost City To Be Its Only Tourist vice.com No one really travels to Murmansk for fun. Except for me. COMING SOON: HELL FREEZES OVER Gorgeous Photos Of A Freak Snowfall In The Sahara gizmodo.com The Algerian town of Ain Sefra is known as the Gateway to the Sahara, and it's not the kind of place that gets associated with winter weather. DON'T SKIMP ON THE INSULATION Design In The Darkest, Coldest, Most Remote Places On Earth fastcodesign.com A trip to Mars and a year working on an Antarctic ice shelf aren't so different. Here's how architects designed living spaces to help researchers cope. VIDEO OF THE DAY OH NO NO NO NO NO NO Absolute Madman Lets A Bullet Ant Take A Stab At Him (The Most Painful Insect Sting In The World) digg.com You played yourself, Coyote Peterson. You played your goddamn self. (Things really get going at 10:00). IN THE NEWS At Least 27 Dead In Massive Firework Explosion Near Mexico City German Police 'Seeking Tunisian Man' In Connection With Berlin Truck Attack Four More Officials Charged With Felonies In Flint Water Crisis Debacle Bolivia Blames Pilot And Airline For Crash That Killed Brazilian Soccer Team Today marks the winter solstice, so things are only going to get brighter from here on out. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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