Thursday, November 13, 2014

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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
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Thursday, November 13, 2014
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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.
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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'
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Things are looking grim for The Avengers in this new emotionally charged trailer.
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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
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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.
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GETS THE POINT ACROSS
Image: 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.
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
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