Friday, September 13, 2019

Immoral Kombat

The Blood That Forever Changed The Video Game Industry, Inside The Most Brutal Dictatorship You've Never Heard Of, Scientists Discover Huge, Mysterious Radio Structures At The Heart Of The Milky Way, and more.
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DARK PLACES
IMMORTAL KOMBAT
The Blood That Forever Changed The Video Game Industry
polygon.com
Mortal Kombat's gore was a sensitive subject for American society at large. The moment word of fatalities spread beyond arcades and into schools, homes, and churches, parents and politicians went on the warpath.
NO SMOOTH SAILING
Dead Reckoning
damninteresting.com
The 18th century misadventures of HMS Wager and her reluctant crew.
FORGOTTEN IN BURUNDI
Inside The Most Brutal Dictatorship You've Never Heard Of
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
Burundi in East Africa is one of the world's poorest countries – and perhaps the most ignored. The scene of historic ethnic conflict, its messianic president offers stability to an international community terrified of another genocide in the region. But the police state he has finessed now tortures, rapes and kills with near impunity.
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FALSE PREMISES
DRESSED TO IMPRESS
A Michigan High School Let Seniors Take Their Student ID Photos Dressed Up As Pop Culture Characters, And They Did Not Disappoint
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The Senior class at North Farmington High School in Michigan have an yearly tradition where they take ID photos dressed up in tribute to their favorite characters in TV, movies and memes.
THE LONGEST CON OF THEM ALL
The Distinctly American Ethos Of The Grifter
nytimes.com
As stories of theft and deception have come to dominate the cultural conversation, it can often feel like grift is a modern phenomenon — but it isn't.
SPACE REVIVED THE RADIO STAR
Scientists Discover Huge, Mysterious Radio Structures At The Heart Of The Milky Way
vice.com
"These enormous bubbles have until now been hidden by the glare of extremely bright radio emission from the center of the galaxy."
'I FEEL CHEATED'
You Donated To Kids With Cancer. This Vegas Telemarketer Cashed In
publicintegrity.org
Inside the machine that turns charitable and political contributions into paydays.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WHERE WE'RE GOING, WE DON'T NEED RULES
Owner Tests Whether Cats Can Get Through Increasingly Smaller Cardboard Openings, Does Not Expect The Surprise Conclusion
youtube.com
The experiment was meant to test whether a cat's body can really squeeze through a small space once the head gets through. It did not account for said cat revolting.
IN THE NEWS
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