You Can Live This Time, Sean Bean

More than 20,000 villages lie abandoned in Russia. Meet the inhabitants who stayed behind.

Digg Editions Morning · Mon, Dec 26

RAREFIED AIRS LEFT BEHIND IN KOSTROMA Russia's Desert roadsandkingdoms.com More than 20,000 villages lie abandoned in Russia. Meet the inhabitants who stayed behind. IT'S DR MANHATTAN'S HAPPY PLACE The Argument Against Terraforming Mars cosmos.nautil.us We have ethical and aesthetic reasons to leave Mars alone. EVERY DAY IS DERBY DAY The World's Smallest Soccer League nytimes.com On the island of St. Mary's, off the coast of England, it is the same every week: the same field, the same changing rooms, the same teammates and the same opponents. APPS WE DIGG | SPONSORED The Best Way You're Not Using Your iPad duetdisplay.com Duet Display lets you easily sync up your iPad as a second display. And twice the screen space means twice the productivity. Just duet. (You know you want to.) ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? GOOD NEWS EVERYONE WATCH: 'Fan-O-Rama,' The Live Action Version Of 'Futurama' Is Finally Here digg.com And the sheer level of detail in its background, costumes and characters is phenomenal, if not also occasionally creepy. UNNERVING EXPLOITS Actresses, Amphetamines, And Old Hollywood's Exploitation Scheme timeline.com A teenaged Judy Garland, for instance, worked six days per week, sometimes 18-hour shifts of constant singing and dancing to pump out as many movies as possible. To keep her energy up and force her weight down, studios plied her with "pep pills," amphetamine uppers to keep her perky and alert all day. When she couldn't sleep, they supplied sleeping pills. EVERYBODY HURTS HURT Which Actor Dies The Most On Screen? It's Surprisingly Not Sean Bean slashfilm.com One does not simply assume that he is the actor who has died the most in film and television. In fact, there are a few actors who came out above him when one dedicated cinephile decided to find out which actor has died the most on screen. THAT SPECIAL SOMETHING FRUIT OF OUR HATRED How — And Why — Did Fruitcake Become A Slur? food52.com These plummy, sodden mounds of dough — suffused with red and green glacé cherries, edged with spices and rum, and topped with skinny sliced almonds — have been reviled by most Americans for decades. But not all of us. THAT STICKY ICKY The Secret Recipe For Scotch Magic Tape wired.com 3M keeps a tight seal on the recipe for its sandwich of polymers and chemicals. So we did our own research on what likely makes the tape stick. READY TO LAUNCH A SMEAR CAMPAIGN Peanut Butter Execs Were Comically Concerned About 'Aggressive' Almond Butter motherboard.vice.com "The Almond Board was present and very aggressive," the minutes read. "It appears that they are looking to take over the spread category as well as ingredients." VIDEO OF THE DAY THE WORLD: NOT ACTUALLY ENDING Don't Worry, This Isn't A Massive Tsunami About To Destroy Minnesota digg.com Despite appearing to be something straight out of a disaster movie, this menacing thing hanging over Lake Superior is actually a harmless natural phenomenon called sea smoke, which forms when cold air moves over warmer water. IN THE NEWS Pop Superstar George Michael Passes Away At 53 92 Dead After Russian Military Plane Carrying Choir Crashes En Route To Syria, Wreckage Found In Black Sea Source Says The Queen Backed Brexit Hacked Sony Music Accounts Spread False News Of Britney Spears' Death Trump Communication Director Pick Backs Out Of Role After Affair Allegations That's a wrap, folks. Go enjoy your gift haul. View the Edition at Digg.com »

Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge Street 2nd Floor, NY, NY 10002