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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Our Digg Pic Of The Day

    Our Digg Pic Of The Day Welcome to Old Car City. July 17, 2015 at 09:41AMvia Digg di.gg

  5. Pluto Is Secretly Hot And Other Facts

    Pluto Is Secretly Hot And Other Facts This week we learned that Pluto might have a warm gooey center, it's hard to find a place to come and fingerboards are still cool. July 17, 2015 at 09:36AMvia Digg di.gg

  6. Review: Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’ Gives Atticus Finch a Dark Side

    Review: Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’ Gives Atticus Finch a Dark Side In Ms. Lee’s long-awaited novel, Scout Finch, or Jean Louise as she is now known, finds some disturbing truths about her father. July 11, 2015 at 02:27PMvia Digg nyti.

  7. Pao Out as Reddit CEO; Co-Founder Huffman Takes Over

    Pao Out as Reddit CEO; Co-Founder Huffman Takes Over Ellen Pao is stepping down as Reddit CEO, a move that comes amid mounting pressure after a series of management mishaps that has angered its very vocal online community. July 11, 2015 at

  8. Harper Lee in her own words

    Harper Lee in her own words As Atticus Finch and Scout return after 60 years in the sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird," Huck looks at what makes literary legend Harper Lee tick. July 11, 2015 at 02:23PMvia Digg bit.ly

  9. About Your Skin: What Nina Jablonski thinks you should know about your body’s biggest organ.

    About Your Skin: What Nina Jablonski thinks you should know about your body’s biggest organ. What you should know about your body’s biggest organ. July 9, 2015 at 09:32PMvia Digg bit.ly

  10. Why Prisons Paint Their Walls Bubblegum Pink

    Why Prisons Paint Their Walls Bubblegum Pink For years prisons, drunk tanks, prinsons and other locations of control have painted their walls pink because it is widely believed that pink subdues people psychologically. But what is the scien

  11. The 'Doctor Who' Series 9 Trailer Is Here, And It Features Arya Stark

    The 'Doctor Who' Series 9 Trailer Is Here, And It Features Arya Stark Everyone's favorite time-traveling alien is back on BBC this September; no word yet on how Maisie Williams fits into the equation. July 9, 2015 at 09:15PMvia Digg di.gg

  12. Burt Shavitz, the Burt behind Burt's Bees, dies at 80

    Burt Shavitz, the Burt behind Burt's Bees, dies at 80 Burt Shavitz, who co-founded the natural cosmetics company before it sold to Clorox, has died. He was 80. July 7, 2015 at 11:04PMvia Digg bit.ly

  13. Ask a Chef: How to Make the Best Turkey Burger Imaginable

    Ask a Chef: How to Make the Best Turkey Burger Imaginable Turkey burgers have gotten a reputation for being the burgers of cowards, burgers that somehow combined the worst qualities of all burgers in one. Maybe our problem is that we keep t

  14. The Mystery of Lewis Carroll

    The Mystery of Lewis Carroll The author of "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland," which sees its 150th anniversary this year, remains to this day an enigmatic figure. Jenny Woolf explores the joys and struggles of this brilliant, secretive, an

  15. Illustration of George W. Bush Skydiving Out of Air Force One While Riding on a Deadly Shark and Shooting His Pistols

    Illustration of George W. Bush Skydiving Out of Air Force One While Riding on a Deadly Shark and Shooting His Pistols ( larger ) George DUBYA Bush is a fantastic illustration by Walnut Creek, California-based artist Jason Heuser (a.k.a. “ S

  16. ‘Rock Feast’, A Display of Rocks That Resemble Food Arranged With Dishes and Silverware

    ‘Rock Feast’, A Display of Rocks That Resemble Food Arranged With Dishes and Silverware Rock Feast is a series of photos taken recently at the  San Diego County Fair  that show rocks that resemble food arranged with dishes and silverware. p

  17. News in Brief: Study: U.S. Wastes 2 Million Hours Annually Figuring Out Where Tape Roll Starts

    News in Brief: Study: U.S. Wastes 2 Million Hours Annually Figuring Out Where Tape Roll Starts BLOOMINGTON, IN—A new study published Friday by researchers at Indiana University revealed that U.S. citizens waste approximately 2 million hours

  18. Tip Tester: How Other Sriracha Sauces Compare to the Original Rooster

    Tip Tester: How Other Sriracha Sauces Compare to the Original Rooster Ask anyone about Huy Fong Sriracha and they are likely to have a very strong opinion about the famous “Rooster Sauce.” It’s one those things you either hate or love, but

  19. Can Competitive Eating Be More Than Joey Chestnut and the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot-Dog Eating Contest?

    Can Competitive Eating Be More Than Joey Chestnut and the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot-Dog Eating Contest? The sport should worry that it has only one popular contest and one real star — who’s reached his peak. July 4, 2015 at 01:02AM

  20. An Inside Look at America's Weirdest Independence Day Tradition

    An Inside Look at America's Weirdest Independence Day Tradition Turning gluttony into a spectator sport is the epitome of Americana. That makes our nation’s birthday the perfect day for the granddaddy of all competitive eating showdowns. Ju

  21. The Sometimes Tragic Physics of Celebratory July 4th Gunshots

    The Sometimes Tragic Physics of Celebratory July 4th Gunshots When falling holiday bullets end lives. July 3, 2015 at 02:22PMvia Digg bit.ly

  22. Man Figures Out How To Make His Lawn Mow Itself

    Man Figures Out How To Make His Lawn Mow Itself Nothing like the smell of fresh-cut ingenuity. June 29, 2015 at 06:50PMvia Digg di.gg

  23. Tap Your Phone, and a Designated Driver Takes You (and Your Car) Home

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  24. The CIA has to approve every script for spy drama The Americans

    The CIA has to approve every script for spy drama The AmericansThe Cold War TV spy drama The Americans is a fictional account of two Soviet spies living in the United States. It may be fiction, but that doesn't stop American intelligence ag

  25. Toddler shoots, kills woman in Walmart

    Image unavailable: Image for Toddler shoots, kills woman in Walmart. This image was not available in the recovered archive. View the original reference.Toddler shoots, kills woman in Walmart In an Idaho Walmart, a 2-year old reached into a

  26. Nearly 20 Percent of Dark-Web Visits Relate to Subjects Other Than Pedophilia, Study Finds

    Image unavailable: Image for Nearly 20 Percent of Dark-Web Visits Relate to Subjects Other Than Pedophilia, Study Finds. This image was not available in the recovered archive. View the original reference.Nearly 20 Percent of Dark-Web Visits