Friday, January 25, 2019

Meat Your Maker

Friday's top stories are here.
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An All-Meat Diet Is Not The Answer, And Other Facts, The Guy Behind Bulletproof Coffee Has Spent $1 Million In His Quest To Live To 180, and more.
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Digg Editions
Morning · Fri, Jan 25
UP FOR DEBATE
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
An All-Meat Diet Is Not The Answer, And Other Facts
digg.com
​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Eating nothing but meat is not why you're healthy, you can ditch your computer mouse and the world does not need self-driving bicycles.
BUTTER TIL YOU SPUTTER
The Guy Behind Bulletproof Coffee Has Spent $1 Million In His Quest To Live To 180
menshealth.com
Biohacker Dave Asprey built his multimillion-dollar brand Bulletproof around his quest for longevity. But is any of it legit?
STILL IN TRANSITION
The Enduring Fight Over The First Ironman Triathlon
nytimes.com
A simple box of papers delivered to a couple in the early years of the swimming, biking and running event in Hawaii set off a legal skirmish over what became a billion-dollar idea.
'I WASN'T ABLE TO FUNCTION'
Trapped In A Hoax: What It's Like To Be The Focus Of A Conspiracy Theory
theguardian.com
Turbocharged by social media, they spread with astonishing speed, using death threats as currency.
DIGG PICKS
Looking For A Coat? Huckberry Has Its Outdoor Gear Marked Down Up To 60%
huckberry.com
Jackets, parkas, fleece, sweaters and vests are all marked down. Get it while it's hot (and cold outside).
MUSIC TO OUR EARS
*UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY INTO ITALO DISCO
Dance Battle! Inside One Of The Craziest Music Stories You've Never Heard
gq.com
Everyone loved Italo Disco singer Den Harrow; everyone believed him. The 30-year deception he's been half-maintaining ever since, and the insane, decades-long, continent-spanning feud it fuels, is where we pick up our story.
TAKING AN AMEN BREAK
WATCH: How A Six-Second Drum Solo From A 1969 B-Side Became The Most Sampled Loop In Music History
digg.com
You might not have heard The Winstons' version of "Amen, Brother," but you've definitely heard its drum solo.
THE WORLD HAS TURNED AND LEFT US… WHAT?
What Does It Mean To Be A Weezer Fan In 2019?
digg.com
Can you bear being a steadfast stan? Aren't you tired of rehashing the "Blue" and "Pinkerton" discussion? If you've never liked them, do you even want to expend the effort on trashing them?
VIDEO OF THE DAY
BREATHTAKING
Cracking Open A Raw Opal That Has Never Been Seen By Another Person
digg.com
An Australian miner shares the magical part of her job that keeps her coming back day in and day out.
IN THE NEWS
Roger Stone Arrested Following Mueller Indictment
Collapse Of Two Plans To End Shutdown Propels Urgent Negotiations
Officials Rejected Jared Kushner For Top Secret Security Clearance, But Were Overruled
Florida's Secretary Of State Resigned After Blackface Photos Of Him Dressed As A 'Katrina Victim' Surfaced
European Court Orders Italy To Pay Damages To Amanda Knox
DIGG GIVEAWAYS
We're Giving Away A Smart Doorbell For Your Home (And $1,000 In Cash)
dojomojo.ninja
It's free to enter, but it should be hard to enter your house. That's why we're giving away a smart doorbell (with an HD camera and nightlight) and cash to spend on security stuff.
Bring home the turkey and we'll bring home the bacon.