Friday, December 14, 2018

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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: Money doesn't buy happiness, Dick's takes on the gun lobby and the most dangerous foods.
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LIFE IN THE FAST LANE
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Sugar Is The Most Dangerous Food, 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: Money doesn't buy happiness, Dick's takes on the gun lobby and the most dangerous foods.
GOING DARK
How I Quit Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook And Amazon
motherboard.vice.com
A reflection on my month without Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Amazon, plus a how-to guide if you want to quit the biggest companies in tech.
BROTHER ACT
Lost At Sea With The Property Brothers And Their Legion Of Superfans
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Jonathan and Drew Scott, HGTV's twin tandem, have built a home improvement empire, and garnered enough devotion to compel hundreds of people to set sail with them across the Caribbean.
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MAP QUEST
SURPRISINGLY HILARIOUS
The Most Googled 'Should I?' Question Of Each State In 2018, Mapped
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If you want a peek into the unique psyches of each state's residents, look no further than what "Should I?" questions they are Googling in private.
THREE BIRDS, ONE STONE
Inside The Secret US Military Mission That Located The Titanic
cnn.com
Speaking to CNN on Thursday about now-declassified events, Robert Ballard, who discovered the Titanic, said that the expedition was part of a secret US military mission to recover two sunken nuclear submarines on the bottom of the ocean.
AFTER CAMP FIRE
Paradise Lost
outsideonline.com
Inside the most destructive fire in American history — and why the West's cities and towns will keep on burning.
'IT WAS ALMOST LIKE HAVING MR. WIZARD'
How The Dubious Science Of Blood-Spatter Analysis Spread Like A Virus
features.propublica.org
From his basement in upstate New York, Herbert MacDonell launched modern bloodstain-pattern analysis, persuading judge after judge of its reliability. Then he trained hundreds of others. But what if they're getting it wrong?
VIDEO OF THE DAY
THE TRUTH COMES OUT
Finally, Proof That Skateboard Videos Are A Total Sham
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Thrasher Magazine peers behind the curtain, revealing the power brokers behind "authentic" street skating videos.
IN THE NEWS
Watch Michael Cohen's Surprise ABC Interview, Where He Slams Trump And Says He's Lying About Russia
Behind CBS's Secret $9.5 Million Settlement With Eliza Dushku Of 'Bull'
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Taken Into Border Patrol Custody Dies Of Dehydration, Exhaustion
Trump Inaugural Fund And Super PAC Said To Be Scrutinized For Illegal Foreign Donations
DIGG PICKS
14 Ways To Upgrade Your Style In Time For 2019
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Let's be real: fashion is hard. We've laid out 14 of the best fashion moves you can make in 2019 from the shoes on your feet to the sunglasses on your head.
It's Friday, have a little sugar, live a little.