Friday, January 31, 2014

Football Fans, Facebook Knows Just How You Feel

The Super Bowl Of Sports Gambling, Where Digital Secrets Go To Die, This PSA Takes A Very Unexpected Turn, Getting To Know The Voices In Your Head, Facebook's Data Confirms Football Fans Are Nuts
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Friday, January 31, 2014
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ABOUT AS MANY CONCUSSIONS
The Super Bowl Of Sports Gambling
nytimes.com
Inside the world's biggest football-betting contest, where squares and sharps and amateur data crunchers are all trying to beat the spread — and Vegas Runner's reputation is on the line.
ASHES TO ASHES, RUST TO RUST
Where Digital Secrets Go To Die
phys.org
In a 20,000-square-foot warehouse, where visitors are required to trade in a driver's license for a visitor's badge, some of the nation's secrets are torn apart, reduced to sand or demagnetized until they are forever silent.
WARNING: GRAPHIC
This PSA Takes A Very Unexpected Turn
digg.com
This PSA (which is not an actual PSA) brings home why you should stay in school in a very unexpected way.
YOU'RE NOT CRAZY. WELL, PROBABLY
Getting To Know The Voices In Your Head
scientificamerican.com
We talk to ourselves to stay motivated, tame unruly emotions, plan for the future and even maintain a sense of self.
TENSIONS RUN HIGH
Facebook's Data Confirms Football Fans Are Nuts
facebook.com
Sports fans—and perhaps football fans in particular—know that supporting a team over an entire season can be an emotional roller coaster. That's why Facebook anonymously tracked fans to measure their feelings.
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HORSING AROUND
Image: Worshippers burn incense and pray at the Wong Tai Sin Temple to welcome the Chinese New Year of the horse in Hong Kong.
Worshippers burn incense and pray at the Wong Tai Sin Temple to welcome the Chinese New Year of the horse in Hong Kong. Credit: PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

What Are Nightmares Made Of?

Puppy Bowl X Is Even Worse Than The Super Bowl, What Are Nightmares Made Of?, Finally, One Less Thing You Have To Overpay For, This Weird 5-Second Test Can Tell You If Your Friends Are Good Liars, Where America's Wealthiest Suburbanites Live — And Where They Don't
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Thursday, January 30, 2014
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AGAINST THE TYRANNY OF CUTENESS
Puppy Bowl X Is Even Worse Than The Super Bowl
newrepublic.com
Puppies are not wide receivers, not of any caliber. They are dogs, and as such, they don't have two feet and two hands but rather four paws that seem expressly designed to prevent carrying round objects, let alone catching airborne footballs.
PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY WHAT YOU'D EXPECT
What Are Nightmares Made Of?
psmag.com
Few studies have delved into the dark details and emotions associated with nightmares, and even fewer have used dream logs as a basis for analysis.
STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED
Finally, One Less Thing You Have To Overpay For
harrys.com
Harry's razors are a total steel. Get it? Of course you do, you're smart. Which is exactly why you should be buying their razors.
THE Q TEST
This Weird 5-Second Test Can Tell You If Your Friends Are Good Liars
digg.com
It all has to do with how aware we are of being perceived. Does that sound complicated? It's not. Or are we lying?
CULLING ALL THE SACS
Where America's Wealthiest Suburbanites Live — And Where They Don't
businessweek.com
For years the American residential dream went something like this: Move to a city, work hard, and eventually you'll make enough to move out. So perhaps it's not surprising that today many of America's largest metropolitan areas house their highest earners on the outskirts of town.
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PEAK POPE
Image: A view of a street art mural by Italian street artist Maupal which depicts Pope Francis as a superman, flying through the air with his white papal cloak billowing out behind him and holding a bag bearing the word
A view of a street art mural by Italian street artist Maupal which depicts Pope Francis as a superman, flying through the air with his white papal cloak billowing out behind him and holding a bag bearing the word "Values", in downtown Rome near the Vatican on January 28, 2014. The image, created by Italian street artist Maupal, was tweeted today by the Vatican communication twitter account ( @PCCS_VA ). Flying forward with his fist raised, the heroic pontiff -- crucifix swinging in the wind -- carries his trademark black bag, with the word "values" written across it in white. Credit: AFP PHOTO / TIZIANA FABITIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

How Do Hitmen Operate?

How Do Hitmen Operate?, In The Beginning, There Was A Nipple, 'Fedora Parkour' Is All The Second-Hand Embarrassment You'll Ever Need, The Oculus Rift Put Me In 'Game Of Thrones' And It Made My Stomach Drop, The Crimes Of Tony Soprano
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
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TUESDAYS ARE FOR KILLING
How Do Hitmen Operate?
psmag.com
British criminologists claim that hitmen are more boring than we make them out to be, but their analysis can't account for the behavior of "Master" killers.
HAVE YOU NAKED BY THE END OF THIS SCROLL
In The Beginning, There Was A Nipple
espn.go.com
Ten years ago, 90 million people watching Super Bowl XXXVIII saw Janet Jackson's breast for nine-sixteenths of a second. Our culture would never be the same.
PREPARE TO CRINGE
'Fedora Parkour' Is All The Second-Hand Embarrassment You'll Ever Need
digg.com
We all do dumb things when we're teenagers, but not all of us film those dumb things and upload them for public consumption.
THE SOUND IS SCARIER THAN THE VISUALS
The Oculus Rift Put Me In 'Game Of Thrones' And It Made My Stomach Drop
gizmodo.com
"Game of Thrones" might be fantasy, but the characters are so deep and the betrayals so gripping that it feels real. And thanks to Oculus Rift, I just experienced a brief slice of life in the Seven Kingdoms. It was awesome—but I'm glad to be back in our reality.
R.I.P. TO THE VICTIMS
The Crimes Of Tony Soprano
visual.ly
The life and crimes of TV's most beloved gangster, visualized.
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THE STATE OF OUR UNION IS BRIGHTLY LIT
Image: U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2014.
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2014. Credit:
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

The Image That Can Break Your Brain

The iPod Is Over, These Guys Build The World's Tallest Flagpoles For Dictators, Insane Movie Props You Can Buy On eBay Right Now, The Image That Can Break Your Brain, People Aren't Having Sex Nearly As Much As You Think
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
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PLAYED OUT
The iPod Is Over
theverge.com
Apple's game changer is riding into the sunset.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT FLAGPOLES
These Guys Build The World's Tallest Flagpoles For Dictators
vice.com
Marc Summers and David Chambers have a pretty unusual job. Together, through their company Trident Support Corporation, they build the world's tallest flagpoles for the authoritarian regimes of Central Asia and the Middle East.
SCHWARZENEGGER'S HEAD
Insane Movie Props You Can Buy On eBay Right Now
theweek.com
Who doesn't have a hundred grand to blow on a "Jurassic Park" velociraptor cage?
AVERT YOUR EYES
The Image That Can Break Your Brain
digg.com
Things that can hurt you just by looking at them are science fiction and fantasy, right? Well, not quite.
EVERYONE'S GOT COLD SHEETS
People Aren't Having Sex Nearly As Much As You Think
nerve.com
A new survey shows your dry spell is pretty normal.
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LIKE CIVIL WAR REENACTMENTS, BUT IN SNOW
Image: World War II re-enactors dressed as Soviet Red Army's (top) and Nazi Germany's (bottom) troops take part a staged battle to mark the 70th anniversary of the final raise of the Nazi blockade of the city of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in the village of Porogki in Leningrad region, on January 26, 2014. The German and Finnish siege and blockade of Leningrad was broken on January 18, 1943 but finally lifted a year after, on January 27, 1944. The city's name was changed back from Leningrad to St. Petersburg after the 1991 Soviet collapse.
World War II re-enactors dressed as Soviet Red Army's (top) and Nazi Germany's (bottom) troops take part a staged battle to mark the 70th anniversary of the final raise of the Nazi blockade of the city of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in the village of Porogki in Leningrad region, on January 26, 2014. The German and Finnish siege and blockade of Leningrad was broken on January 18, 1943 but finally lifted a year after, on January 27, 1944. The city's name was changed back from Leningrad to St. Petersburg after the 1991 Soviet collapse. Credit: OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
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Friday, January 24, 2014

Tweet Your Way To Prison

Can A Tweet Put You In Prison?, Thousands Of Japanese Men Have A Virtual Girlfriend Named Rinko, Will This Go Faster Than Light?, How A Dog Has Lived For Eleven Thousand Years — In Other Dogs, The Woman Buried In A New Jersey Parking Lot
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Friday, January 24, 2014
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IT WILL IN THE UK
Can A Tweet Put You In Prison?
thedailybeast.com
Tweeting racist or otherwise libelous bile can land you in jail in the UK, but the victim, as ever, is not the target of the tweet but free speech.
SLOPPY SECONDS, THIRDS, FOURTHS ETC.
Thousands Of Japanese Men Have A Virtual Girlfriend Named Rinko
dailydot.com
First, there were sex dolls. Then there were love pillows. Now the latest inanimate object to capture the hearts of the Japanese bachelor population is Rinko, the star of Love Plus, a video game that simulates the experience of being in a relationship.
WARP 9, ENGAGE
Will This Go Faster Than Light?
digg.com
Have any of these contraptions cracked the code on faster-than-light travel?
DOG GOD
How A Dog Has Lived For Eleven Thousand Years — In Other Dogs
phenomena.nationalgeographic.com
A dog that was born 11,000 years ago stumbled across the elixir of life, and is still alive today.
YES, THIS SPACE IS TAKEN
The Woman Buried In A New Jersey Parking Lot
mentalfloss.com
When Mary Ellis died in 1828, her family buried her in a peaceful patch of woods near a bend in the Raritan River. She's still there, but the trees are long gone—her body now rests in the middle of a movieplex parking lot.
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NOT A PROMO FOR 'HALF-LIFE 3'
Image: A Ukrainian protester wearing a gas mask stands amid burnt tires and garbage following clashes between pro-EU demonstrators and riot police in Kiev on January 23, 2014.
A Ukrainian protester wearing a gas mask stands amid burnt tires and garbage following clashes between pro-EU demonstrators and riot police in Kiev on January 23, 2014. Credit: GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
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Thursday, January 23, 2014

You Can Get Placebo Sleep

Photos From The Hidden Ice Caves Of Lake Superior, You Can Get Placebo Sleep, Watch As The Singer Of This Music Video Photoshops Herself In Real Time, How To Avoid Every Common Mistake When Booking A Flight, Did This Guy Figure Out How Life Came From Matter?
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Thursday, January 23, 2014
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COOL, BUT UGH, SLIDESHOW
Photos From The Hidden Ice Caves Of Lake Superior
esquire.com
Off the shore of Wisconsin, something is happening for the first time since 2009: the sea caves at the Apostle Islands are accessible and open to explorers.
NEVER SLEEPING AGAIN
You Can Get Placebo Sleep
smithsonianmag.com
Simply thinking you got better sleep makes your brain work better.
A FACE TO BE RECKONED WITH
Watch As The Singer Of This Music Video Photoshops Herself In Real Time
digg.com
A hundred gold doubloons to whoever can figure out how this video was made. We're stumped.
DON'T BOOK WAY IN ADVANCE
How To Avoid Every Common Mistake When Booking A Flight
qz.com
There is a science to airfare: The day, time of day, and the time of the month that you book matter.
THE PHYSICS BEHIND DARWIN
Did This Guy Figure Out How Life Came From Matter?
simonsfoundation.org
Jeremy England, a 31-year-old assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has derived a mathematical formula that he believes explains the capacity of matter to transform into life.
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WAR ZONE
Image: Protestors throw stones as they clash with police in the center of Kiev on January 22, 2014. At least two activists were shot dead today as Ukrainian police stormed protesters' barricades in Kiev, the first fatalities in two months of anti-government protests. Pitched battles raged in the centre of the Ukrainian capital as protesters hurled stones at police and the security forces responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
Protestors throw stones as they clash with police in the center of Kiev on January 22, 2014. At least two activists were shot dead today as Ukrainian police stormed protesters' barricades in Kiev, the first fatalities in two months of anti-government protests. Pitched battles raged in the centre of the Ukrainian capital as protesters hurled stones at police and the security forces responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. Credit: AFP PHOTO / GENYA SAVILOVGENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images
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