Sunday, June 4, 2017

Wait... Is Magic Real?

This Close-Up Magic Trick Is Blowing Our Minds, Crazy Footage Shows Massive Underground Water Main Explosion In Ukraine, Stylish Furniture You Can Actually Afford, Watch A Server Room's Seismic Isolation Floor Protect It During The 2011 Japan Earthquake, Girl Stuns 'America's Got Talent' Judges With Her Mind-Boggling Singing Ventriloquism, Comparing An iPhone 7 Camera To A $100,000 Hollywood-Grade Camera
This Week's Top Videos
Sunday, June 4, 2017
This Close-Up Magic Trick Is Blowing Our Minds
WE'RE SO CONFUSED
This Close-Up Magic Trick Is Blowing Our Minds
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Please, no one explain to us how this works — we just want to believe in something magical for a bit.
BOOM GOES THE, UH, WATER
Crazy Footage Shows Massive Underground Water Main Explosion In Ukraine
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Luckily nobody was injured when an underground water pipe in Kiev, Ukraine blew a huge crater in the middle of a street.
FURNITURE WE DIGG SPONSORED
Stylish Furniture You Can Actually Afford
structube.com
Structube sells stylish, modern furniture at surprisingly affordable prices. Family-owned and Montreal-based, there's a reason Structube is Canada's go-to retailer for sleek, mid-century furniture.
THE CENTER HOLDS
Watch A Server Room's Seismic Isolation Floor Protect It During The 2011 Japan Earthquake
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In earthquake-prone areas, it's a good idea to design buildings — particularly those with valuable equipment — to withstand quakes. Surveillance video of a server room in Japan during the 2011 earthquake shows how the room's special floor kept the servers basically stationary.
DANG
Girl Stuns 'America's Got Talent' Judges With Her Mind-Boggling Singing Ventriloquism
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Look, if we're being honest, we typically find ventriloquism pretty creepy — chalk it up to watching too many horror movies or something — but this 12-year-old is making us revisit our gut instincts about the art form because she is just so freaking talented.
SEEING IS BELIEVING
Comparing An iPhone 7 Camera To A $100,000 Hollywood-Grade Camera
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It's hard to imagine why any camera should cost nearly $100,000 when you can carry around a 4K camera in your pocket these days. This instinct, however, is wrong and this video makes it crystal clear as to why.
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Friday, June 2, 2017

Mind Your P's And Q's And Don't Steal The Silverware

Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: People are the worst, skyscrapers will be made from wood, and why more people aren't majoring in computer science.
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Morning · Fri, Jun 02
NOW YOU SEE IT
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
People Steal All Kinds Of Shit From Restaurants, And Other Facts
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Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: People are the worst, skyscrapers will be made from wood, and why more people aren't majoring in computer science.
LIVING HER BEST FAKE LIFE
The Improbable Life Of Paula Zoe Helfrich
magazine.atavist.com
She was the daughter of a U.S. spy, an exile from Burma, a flight attendant in a war zone, and half of an epic love story. But how much of that was true?
WE'RE SO CONFUSED
WATCH: This Close-Up Magic Trick Is Blowing Our Minds
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Please, no one explain to us how this works — we just want to believe in something magical for a bit.
WALLETS WE DIGG | SPONSORED
This RFID-Blocking Wallet Is Also Sleek As Hell
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Articulate Lifestyle's wallets are sleek, ultra-thin, and RFID blocking — which means you're safe from electronic pickpocketing. (Without it feeling like you're sitting on a brick.) All wallets are under $30, and If you order one today they'll throw in free shipping.
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
TRIKES ARE FOR LOSERS
Inside The Cut-Throat World Of Toddler Bike Racing
outsideonline.com
As our writer cheered on his three-year-old at the Strider Cup in Texas — a merciless race replete with tears, anxiety, and elation — he had one question: Is intense competition good for the tiniest of competitors?
EXERCISING ONE'S DEMONS
Most People Will Never Understand My Eating Disorder
esquire.com
Coming to terms with exercise bulimia.
WHO'S RIGHT? WHO'S WRONG?
I Assumed My Family In The Philippines Opposed Duterte. I Was Wrong
buzzfeed.com
I went back to the Philippines to try to understand why they — and most of the country — have rallied around a president most Westerners see as a violent, dangerous despot.
TROUBLE AT THE CLINIC
When Your Pregnancy Dreams Become An IVF Nightmare
cosmopolitan.com
Malissa Pineda wanted a baby, and chose a fertility clinic with a high success rate. But instead of pregnant, she ended up depressed and terrified to try again.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
AS CLUCK WOULD HAVE IT
Someone Used 'Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator' To Pit 20 T-Rex Against 10,000 Chickens
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The chickens hoped like all hell that their sheer numbers could save them against the brutish invaders.
IN THE NEWS
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court To Let Travel Ban Take Effect
Trump Announces US Is Leaving The Paris Climate Agreement — What Will That Actually Mean?
Unemployment Rate Drops To Lowest Point In 16 Years, Hiring Slows
12-Year-Old Ananya Vinay Wins National Spelling Bee
35 People Found Dead Inside Philippines Resort After Apparent Robbery
The weekend is almost here, and luckily, you won't have to defeat 10,000 chickens to get to it.

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Dying Alone In The Dark

Living alone is pretty great. Dying alone, however, is no fun for just about everyone involved.
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Morning · Thu, Jun 01
ALL BY YOURSELF
GOOD TIME TO CALL YOUR MOM
What Would Happen If You Died Alone?
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Living alone is pretty great. Dying alone, however, is no fun for just about everyone involved.
'ANYTHING TO MAKE ME QUIET'
What It's Like To Have A Mental Illness In Prison
tonic.vice.com
"I didn't need medication. I needed someone to talk to."
THE FUTURE OF DISABILITY
Trying To Embrace The Cure
nytimes.com
The type of dwarfism my children and I have is now likely to be eliminated. But what will be lost with it?
HIRING WE DIGG | SPONSORED
The Easiest Way To Find Top Freelance Tech Talent
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Toptal custom matches companies like Airbnb, Pfizer, and Artsy with the world's best developers and designers. Let Toptal do the heavy lifting and find your next great hire.
THAT SEEMS INCORRECT
FLAT, UGLY DESIGN
This Is What A Brutalist World Would Look Like On Your Phone
theverge.com
Designer Pierre Buttin takes brutalism to a mobile extreme with new series
SO MUCH NEGATIVE COVFEFE
Everyone Is Angry At WeRateDogs, The Last Good Thing On The Internet
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WeRateDogs (@dog_rates) has long been an oasis of apolitical calm, where every internet user could agree that yes, that dog is a 13/10 pupper. Late Tuesday night, however, the calm was shattered.
DON'T WORRY, YOU'RE NORMAL
An Interactive To Tell You If You Have Sex More Or Less Often Than Other People
slate.com
It doesn't matter, but you've thought about it.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
SEEING IS BELIEVING
Comparing An iPhone 7 Camera To A $100,000 Hollywood-Grade Camera
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It's hard to imagine why any camera should cost nearly $100,000 when you can carry around a 4K camera in your pocket these days. This instinct, however, is wrong and this video makes it crystal clear as to why.
IN THE NEWS
Trump To Announce Decision On Climate Change Today
What Would It Actually Mean If The US Left The Paris Climate Agreement?
Kathy Griffin Gets Boot From CNN After Posing With Bloody Trump Head
Antarctic Ice Crack Takes Major Turn For The Worse
NASA Plans To Launch A Probe Next Year To 'Touch The Sun'
DIGG PICKS
The Best Travel Gear To Get Before Going On A Big Trip
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From portable routers to the most amazing socks you'll ever wear, these are the very best things you need to take with you on your next trip.
June is bustin' out all over! At least, June is bustin' out of this email.