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  1. Scientists Discover a Way To Make Cows Fatter and Less Flatulent

    Scientists Discover a Way To Make Cows Fatter and Less Flatulent Cows produce obscene amounts of methane due to natural bodily processes. Previous attempts to control the problem have had hugely negative side effects — but a new one seems t

  2. Scientists Discover a Way To Make Cows Fatter and Less Flatulent

    Scientists Discover a Way To Make Cows Fatter and Less Flatulent Cows produce obscene amounts of methane due to natural bodily processes. Previous attempts to control the problem have had hugely negative side effects — but a new one seems t

  3. Scientists Discover a Way To Make Cows Fatter and Less Flatulent

    Scientists Discover a Way To Make Cows Fatter and Less Flatulent Cows produce obscene amounts of methane due to natural bodily processes. Previous attempts to control the problem have had hugely negative side effects — but a new one seems t

  4. Scientists Discover a Way To Make Cows Fatter and Less Flatulent

    Scientists Discover a Way To Make Cows Fatter and Less Flatulent Cows produce obscene amounts of methane due to natural bodily processes. Previous attempts to control the problem have had hugely negative side effects — but a new one seems t

  5. Scientists Discover a Way To Make Cows Fatter and Less Flatulent

    Scientists Discover a Way To Make Cows Fatter and Less Flatulent Cows produce obscene amounts of methane due to natural bodily processes. Previous attempts to control the problem have had hugely negative side effects — but a new one seems t

  6. Peanut Butter Cookies

    <p>If there is a Hall of Fame for cookies, peanut butter cookies hold a place of honor, along with chocolate chip and <a href="http://bit.ly/1J6XeSN">oatmeal raisin</a>. They also happen to be my mother’s favorite cookie, the one cookie she

  7. Japanese Company Invents A Mini Segway That's About The Size Of A Laptop

    Japanese Company Invents A Mini Segway That's About The Size Of A Laptop Walkcar claims to be the world's smallest electric vehicle, and as you can see from this video it fits in an average tote bag. Preorders start in October so get your n

  8. The twisted history of the Happy Birthday song-and the copyright shenanigans that keep it profitable

    The twisted history of the Happy Birthday song-and the copyright shenanigans that keep it profitable "I've obtained the 1922 book that demonstrates this classic song should rest in the public domain." August 9, 2015 at 11:39AMvia Digg bit.l

  9. Why The DMV Always Screws Up Your License Photo

    Why The DMV Always Screws Up Your License Photo Welcome to hell, big-nose grandpa. August 4, 2015 at 08:47PMvia Digg di.gg

  10. Buzz Aldrin Proves the Federal Government Has A Form for Everything

    Buzz Aldrin Proves the Federal Government Has A Form for Everything This may be the only exciting piece of government paperwork you’ll ever read. Buzz Aldrin conquered Throwback Thursday forever last week when he shared his travel voucher f

  11. Uber Is Recruiting Bored Old People as Drivers

    Uber Is Recruiting Bored Old People as Drivers First Uber came for the taxi industry. Now, for our grandmas. Read more... August 2, 2015 at 01:02PMvia Digg bit.ly

  12. Why Are Dogs So Insanely Happy to See Us When We Get Home?

    Why Are Dogs So Insanely Happy to See Us When We Get Home? Unlike a certain companion animal that will go unnamed, dogs lose their minds when reunited with their owners. But it’s not immediately obvious why our canine companions should gran

  13. Devoted Dog Snuggles Up Under the Blanket Beside His Sleeping Human Toddler in Her Crib

    Image unavailable: Image for Devoted Dog Snuggles Up Under the Blanket Beside His Sleeping Human Toddler in Her Crib. This image was not available in the recovered archive. View the original reference.Devoted Dog Snuggles Up Under the Blank

  14. Why is the US still using a Nazi tall ship?

    Why is the US still using a Nazi tall ship? The Eagle was built by the Nazis and fought for Hitler in World War Two — so how did a tall ship that once flew the swastika end up as a training vessel for new US Coast Guard cadets? August 1, 20

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  16. 10 Books You Pretend to Have Read (And Why You Should Really Read Them)

    Science fiction and fantasy offer a rich legacy of great books—but that abundant pile of reading material can also be daunting. So sometimes, it’s easier to fake it. We asked some of our favorite writers, and they told us the 10 books that

  17. Escher's Palace by Ian Plant

    Escher's Palace by Ian Plant Abandoned buildings reclaimed by the desert in the Kolmanskop Ghost Town, Namibia. Ian Plant: Photos Image unavailable: Image for Escher's Palace by Ian Plant. This image was not available in the recovered

  18. Escher's Palace by Ian Plant

    Escher's Palace by Ian Plant Abandoned buildings reclaimed by the desert in the Kolmanskop Ghost Town, Namibia. Ian Plant: Photos Image unavailable: Image for Escher's Palace by Ian Plant. This image was not available in the recovered

  19. The Frequency Of English Words, Visualized

    The Frequency Of English Words, Visualized What are the most frequently-used words in the English language? You can probably guess — "the," "it," "that", etc. But what about the most common 10-letter words? Or 17-letter words? July 27, 2015

  20. Our Digg Pic Of The Day

    Our Digg Pic Of The Day Alpenhorn players practice near the Lac de Tracouet, situated 2200 meters (7220 feet) above sea level in Haute-Nendaz, canton of Valais, Switzerland, Sunday, July 26, 2015. More than 200 alpenhorn players gathered in

  21. Stop Freaking Out: Fukushima Isn't Mutating the Daisies

    Stop Freaking Out: Fukushima Isn't Mutating the Daisies A picture of some deformed plant sex organs is alarming people all over the internet this week. The photo, taken by Twitter user @san_kaido, shows a bunch of daisies that look like con

  22. Remember That Time You Got Blackout Drunk? Nope, but Google Does

    Remember That Time You Got Blackout Drunk? Nope, but Google Does If you have a terrible memory, lose things a lot, often black out from drinking or some combination thereof, Google is about to become your new savior. If you like the idea of

  23. NASA's Social Media Strategy Is Genius-And Kinda Maddening

    NASA's Social Media Strategy Is Genius-And Kinda Maddening NASA has a brand-wide social media strategy as ambitious and carefully planned as a Hollywood blockbuster. Except NASA’s a public agency. So NASA had to think carefully about the le

  24. Our Digg Pic Of The Day

    Our Digg Pic Of The Day ​Riders, team cars and press motorcycles climb the hairpins of Montvernier during the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France. July 25, 2015 at 10:38PMvia Digg di.gg

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    I really like Apple music. I didn't want too. via ift.tt

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    I really like Apple music. I didn't want too. via ift.tt

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