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Scientists Just Unveiled The First Ever Picture Captured Of A Black Hole, Foxconn's 'innovation Centers' Are A Bunch Of Empty Buildings In Wisconsin, and more.

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MONEY SHOT, MONEY PIT SMOOTH MOVE, EINSTEIN Scientists Just Unveiled The First Ever Image Captured Of A Black Hole digg.com The Event Horizon Telescope, an international array of observatories teaming up to form a virtual, Earth-sized telescope in the hopes of capturing the first real image of a black hole, held six simultaneous press conferences across the globe today — and what those conferences announced did not disappoint. NICE FACADES THOUGH Foxconn's 'Innovation Centers' Are A Bunch Of Empty Buildings In Wisconsin theverge.com Last summer, Foxconn announced a barrage of new projects in Wisconsin — so we went looking for them. YOU'VE GOT LESS THAN A WEEK TO NOT USE IT This Flowchart Will Help You Decide If You Should Use TurboTax This Year digg.com In light of the latest tax policy news out of Washington (and, y'know, the fast-approaching 2018 filing deadline), let's revisit this annual topic with an easy-to-follow chart. INSURANCE WE DIGG | SPONSORED Save Up To 70% On Auto Insurance smartfinancial.com SmartFinancial Insurance Calculator compares rates from over 50 carriers side by side to deliver optimal savings. GRIFTS AND RIFTS SHE STUDIED THE BLADE How Anna Delvey Managed To Scam Her Way Into A $35,000 Charter Plane Ride rollingstone.com "Have you ever gone to a restaurant and gotten full-service treatment and said, 'I'll pay you later?' Of course not, it doesn't work like that." 'ISLANDS OF CONCENTRATED ADVANTAGE' How Families With Kids Drive Suburban Segregation citylab.com The old divide between family-friendly suburbs and childless city living is fading. The new divide is within the suburbs themselves. VIDEO KILLED THE SMS STAR If Spontaneous FaceTime Freaks You Out, You're Probably An Old melmagazine.com Texting is boring. No one makes phone calls. For Gen Z, it's all about the random video chats VIDEO OF THE DAY CAUGHT IN THE LANDSLIDE This Guy Really Did Not Think Through His Plan To Empty His Swimming Pool digg.com That water has to go somewhere, bud. IN THE NEWS Benjamin Netanyahu Reelected As Israel's Prime Minister William Barr Says Mueller Report Will Be Public 'Within A Week' How Misinformation Is Driving The Measles Outbreak Among New York's Ultra-Orthodox Jews New Zealand Has Passed Sweeping Gun Laws Banning Most Semi-Automatic Weapons DIGG PICKS Leather, Metal And Utility Are The Three Main Ingredients For Dango's New Wallet digg.com Here's a slim vertical bifold with room for sixteen cards and bit of attitude in its design. Today's a great day to be an astronomer. Or whoever gets royalty checks on "Black Hole Sun." View the Edition at Digg.com »

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A Brief History of Porn on the Internet, I Tried To Track Down My Coworkers From Their DNA — Just Like Cops Did For The Golden State Killer, and more.

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SEEDY PASTS A (T)HORNY PAST A Brief History Of Porn On The Internet wired.com When videocassette recorders entered American homes in the '70s, more than 75 percent of the tapes sold were porn. The breaking apart of the Bell phone system in 1984 spawned the explosion in 900 phone sex numbers. And so it was no surprise that the dawn of the internet was giving rise to the same kind of innovation, demand and outrage that had been going on for eons. BAD GENES I Tried To Track Down My Coworkers From Their DNA buzzfeednews.com The Golden State Killer case has triggered a boom in "genetic genealogy" for solving crimes. But how hard is it to find people by sleuthing in their family trees? LIFE AFTER BALL How To Lose Everything And Get Some Of It Back deadspin.com It's 1993 and an addict is tending bar, probably the worst possible job for an addict besides, maybe, professional basketball player in the 1970s. INSURANCE WE DIGG Save Up To 70% On Auto Insurance smartfinancial.com SmartFinancial Insurance Calculator compares rates from over 50 carriers side by side to deliver optimal savings. PRETTY CITIES SAN FRANCISCO'S BACKYARD An Illustrated Guide To The Bay Area's Most Hidden Hikes thebolditalic.com This is a fairly specific guide, but it's also nearly as beautiful as the natural and man-made wonders it points to. ALWAYS BE URBAN PLANNING Barcelona's Remarkable History Of Rebirth And Transformation vox.com How the city grew, from pre-Christian Romans to Cerdà to the 1992 Olympics. HOPE THAT COMES WITH A VIEW The Average Room Price Of Five-Star Hotels Around The World, Charted digg.com If you want to stay at a five-star hotel in St. Moritz or Aspen for a night, prepare to shell out more than $2,000 during peak seasons. VIDEO OF THE DAY ALL WET The Weather Channel Did One Of Its Amazing Mixed Reality Animations About Climate Change, And Oh My digg.com According to scientists' projections, Charleston, South Carolina will be constantly and completely flooded by 2100. And according to the Weather Channel, that'll look like this. IN THE NEWS Smallville Star Allison Mack Pleads Guilty To Racketeering In Nxivm Case Drug Industry Middlemen To Be Questioned By Senate Committee Trump Removes Secret Service Director Amid 'Near-Systematic Purge' Of Agency Stanford Expels Student Admitted With Falsified Sailing Credentials VIDEO: Here's The Last-Second Three That Helped Virginia Win The National Title DIGG PICKS Small Apartment Dwellers, You Need A Better Dish Rack digg.com Foldable and convertible, this dish rack from OXO brings actual efficiency to your efficiency kitchen. Don't forget to shoot your shot today. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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