Are You Smarter Than The CIA?

Why Your Umbrella Sucks And What To Do About It, So You Think You're Smarter Than A CIA Agent, How To Tell If You're A Basic B*tch, The Tipping System Is A Scam, If MMA Doesn't Change, Someone Is Going To Die The Daily Digg Thursday, April 3, 2014 STEP UP YOUR UMBRELLA GAME Why Your Umbrella Sucks And What To Do About It digg.com This year, we have vowed to stop the endless cycle of umbrella use, abuse, and destruction. This year, we're going to do it right. This year, we're going to figure out why umbrellas break and how to pick a quality one. This year is going to be different. THE WISDOM OF THE CROWD So You Think You're Smarter Than A CIA Agent npr.org A group of 3,000 ordinary citizens, armed with nothing more than an Internet connection, is often making better forecasts of global events than CIA analysts. WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN VEGAS How To Tell If You're A Basic B*tch digg.com "If not treated properly, this could escalate to full-blown 'Sex In The City'-themed brunches." HOW TO GAME IT The Tipping System Is A Scam newrepublic.com Over the years, research has shown that what customers actually reward often doesn't have much to do with service. LIVE ON TV If MMA Doesn't Change, Someone Is Going To Die deadspin.com Fighting is inherently dangerous. We're obligated to mitigate that danger as much as possible. We're doing a piss poor job. ADVERTISEMENT History Of Cryptography How encryption has evolved and will continue to evolve as well as the measures you should consider when implementing encryptions. ANOTHER TRAGIC DAY Lucy Hamlin and her husband, Spc. Timothy Hamlin, wait for permission to re-enter the Fort Hood military base, where they live, following a shooting on the base, Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Fort Hood, Texas. Credit: AP Photo/ Tamir Kalifa Read more on Digg.com → Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Really Weird And Really Important

What I Learned About Stop-And-Frisk From Watching My Black Son, Why Freezing Yourself Is A Terrible Way To Achieve Immortality, If You Like This Newsletter, You'll Like This Other Newsletter, Why Does Ice Float?, The Women Who Still Make Bank As Phone Sex Operators The Daily Digg Wednesday, April 2, 2014 THE 'SPECIAL TAX' What I Learned About Stop-And-Frisk From Watching My Black Son theatlantic.com "When I heard that my 21-year-old son, a student at Harvard, had been stopped by New York City police on more than one occasion during the brief summer he spent as a Wall Street intern, I was angry. On one occasion, while wearing his best business suit, he was forced to lie face-down on a filthy sidewalk because — well, let's be honest about it, because of the color of his skin." EVEN IN CARBONITE Why Freezing Yourself Is A Terrible Way To Achieve Immortality gizmodo.com Unlike the miraculous rebirth of one's soul at the hands of Osiris, the practice of cryonics promises the rebirth of a younger, fitter, and not-dead you — all through the miracle of future scientific progress. But it's a terrible idea. NEWSLETTERS WE DIGG SPONSORED If You Like This Newsletter, You'll Like This Other Newsletter nowiknow.com One of the very few things we read every single morning is Now I Know, a daily newsletter featuring interesting facts and the stories behind them. We highly suggest you read it, too. REALLY WEIRD AND REALLY IMPORTANT Why Does Ice Float? digg.com Why does ice float? You might not think about it, but this special property of frozen water is what makes your iced tea tinkle and makes a lot of aquatic life possible. TALKING DIRTY The Women Who Still Make Bank As Phone Sex Operators nerve.com "I can be anything they want." Read more on Digg.com → PUCKER UP A Balinese girl, right, tries to avoid a kiss from another during the "Omed Omedan" kissing festival in Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Locals believe that the festival ensures the good health of those taking part and prevents bad luck from hitting the village. During the festival, village priests dump buckets of water over couples to douse their passions. Credit: AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

The Case For Fewer Clothes

America's Horniest States, What Really Killed William Henry Harrison?, The Case For Fewer Clothes, The Science Of A Slapshot, The Dark Side Of The Trophy Deer Industry, Why You Rarely Notice Major Movie Bloopers The Daily Digg Tuesday, April 1, 2014 DIGG INVESTIGATES America's Horniest States digg.com Yes, while it's true that doing the legwork on this piece was quite arduous, finally answering one of those long-nagging questions made it all worth it. A PRESIDENTIAL MYSTERY What Really Killed William Henry Harrison? nytimes.com The accepted wisdom is that the shortest-serving president developed pneumonia after delivering a long Inaugural Address in cold weather. But that might not be true. SLOW FASHION The Case For Fewer Clothes qz.com Much of the cheap clothing we consume in droves is like our fast food diets — high in calories (quantity) but low in nutrition (quality). We are a culture that buys a lot of junk. THE FLEX IS THE KEY The Science Of A Slapshot digg.com Did you know that when a hockey player winds up for a slap shot they're not trying to hit the puck? BUCK FEVER The Dark Side Of The Trophy Deer Industry indystar.com An Indianapolis Star investigation has discovered this industry costs taxpayers millions of dollars, compromises long-standing wildlife laws, endangers wild deer and undermines the government's multibillion-dollar effort to protect livestock and the food supply. OTHERWISE LIFE WOULD BE AN ACID TRIP Why You Rarely Notice Major Movie Bloopers psmag.com The visual field accounts for the recent past in order to prevent us from feeling like we've gone mad. ADVERTISEMENT The Ultimate Guide To Gmail Chances are that you're not even close to getting the most out of Gmail. Grab this free guide that'll tell you everything you need to know. JUST AN EXERCISE A South Korean marine LVT-7 landing craft sail to shores through a smoke screen during the U.S.-South Korea joint landing exercises called Ssangyong, part of the Foal Eagle military exercises, in Pohang, South Korea, Monday, March 31, 2014. South Korea said North Korea has announced plans to conduct live-fire drills near the rivals' disputed western sea boundary. The planned drills Monday come after an increase in threatening rhetoric from Pyongyang and a series of rocket and ballistic missile launches in an apparent protest against the annual military exercises by Seoul and Washington. Credit: AP Photo: Ahn Young-joon Read more on Digg.com → Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

The Worst Is Yet To Come

The Worst Is Yet To Come, What Happens When A Liquid Freezes And Boils Simultaneously, The Most Fashionable Way To Be A Never-Nude, What You Missed This Weekend, College Professor Taught The Wrong Class For A Whole Semester, How You, Me And Everyone Got The Top 1 Percent All Wrong The Daily Digg Monday, March 31, 2014 WE'RE F*CKED The Worst Is Yet To Come nytimes.com Climate change is already having sweeping effects on every continent and throughout the world's oceans, scientists reported Monday, and they warned that the problem is likely to grow substantially worse unless greenhouse emissions are brought under control. TRIPLE POINT What Happens When A Liquid Freezes And Boils Simultaneously digg.com A pressure drop in this flask causes the liquid contained to hit a triple point where it exists as a solid, liquid and gas at the same time. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED The Most Fashionable Way To Be A Never-Nude meundies.com Finally, underwear you'd be proud to wear as outerwear. Oh, and with the code "DIGG" they're 30% cheaper, so don't say we never did anything for you. DIGG PICKS What You Missed This Weekend digg.com We worked the last two days so you could go outside or eat brunch or go to a farmers market or whatever it is people do on weekends. Here's what you missed while you were gone. INTRO ASTRONOMY DOESN'T LOOK SO BAD NOW College Professor Taught The Wrong Class For A Whole Semester khou.com "I was getting 40's on every test," said Firmin. "I studied as hard as I could, did everything in my power to try." THE .01 PERCENT How You, Me And Everyone Got The Top 1 Percent All Wrong theatlantic.com Unveiling the real story behind the richest of the rich. Read more on Digg.com → THE HAKA NEVER GETS OLD The New Zealand rugby team dance after winning the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament against England in Hong Kong, Sunday, March 30, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Kin Cheung Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

This Week's Best Videos: Reversing Deafness, Alien Jesus And Two Haggling Hookers

40-Year-Old Deaf Woman Hears For The First Time, 'One Man And His Dog' Is Our New Favorite Sci-Fi Short, Idiot Flips Off Woman While Driving, Woman Gets Instant Revenge, 'Two Truths And A Lie,' Is Going To F*ck With Your Head, This Ad Wants Danish People To Solve Their Population Crisis... In The Obvious Way, A Two-Legged Dog's First Trip To The Beach The Daily Digg Sunday, March 30, 2014 THIS IS WHAT JOY LOOKS LIKE 40-Year-Old Deaf Woman Hears For The First Time digg.com Joe Milne suffers from Usher's syndrome and was deaf from birth. She had bilateral cochlea implants fitted which allowed her to hear for the first ever. A MAN, A VAN: VANAMA 'One Man And His Dog' Is Our New Favorite Sci-Fi Short digg.com This short is the exact midpoint between that "Twilight Zone" episode with the cure for cancer in it and "Pulp Fiction." Really, we couldn't be more tickled by how bonkers this is. SADLY, YOU WILL NEVER GET THIS GRATIFICATION Idiot Flips Off Woman While Driving, Woman Gets Instant Revenge digg.com This is what happens you dream of the perfect punishment for jerks on the road. Not to give too much away, but the idiot driver in question is fine. WAIT... YOU DID WHAT?! 'Two Truths And A Lie,' Is Going To F*ck With Your Head digg.com Confessions like, "When I hold a kitchen knife sometimes I imagine what it would be like to stab myself, or other people," aren't even the most shocking part of this incredible video. GIVE A F*CK This Ad Wants Danish People To Solve Their Population Crisis... In The Obvious Way digg.com The birth rate in Denmark is at a 27-year low. Travel agency Spies claims that couples have a lot more sex while on vacation, so their solution is for Danes to travel abroad and get it on. ONLY ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND A Two-Legged Dog's First Trip To The Beach digg.com Duncan Lou Who, a two-legged boxer puppy, visits a beach for the first time and boy is he happy about it. Read more on Digg.com → THIS SEEMS TO BE A MISUNDERSTANDING Not to spoil anything in this amusing short, but yes, it's perfectly legal in Australia. Credit: Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014