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How To Rebound From A Fallen Boehner And Other Political News, How Did a Dildo Swinging, Flame-Throwing Rock Band Like Rammstein Become A Global Powerhouse?, The Ethics Of Donating Breast Milk, High Hitler, What We Know About Gladiators, The Mountain-Top Battle Over The Thirty Meter Telescope The Daily Digg Wednesday, September 30, 2015 THE ENTHUSIASM GAP How To Rebound From A Fallen Boehner And Other Political News digg.com This week in "The Enthusiasm Gap" we cover John Boehner's resignation, a spat between America and Russia over a middle-eastern country (sound familiar?) and all the DRAMA of the UN General Assembly. FROM GOTH TO BOSS How Did a Dildo Swinging, Flame-Throwing Rock Band Like Rammstein Become A Global Powerhouse? noisey.vice.com Against all reasonable odds, Rammstein transcended cult phenomenon status to achieve mainstream success. ANOTHER MOTHER'S MILK The Ethics Of Donating Breast Milk digg.com Sharing breast milk is not new, but will rising demand — and supply — change the relationship between milk donors and the mothers whose babies need it? MEIN KUSH High Hitler guernicamag.com A look into the megalomaniac's drug addiction. RUMBLE IN ROME What We Know About Gladiators historyextra.com Hollywood likes to cast them as heroic freedom fighters, but what was life really like for Rome's arena-warriors? GO TELE IT ON THE MOUNTAIN The Mountain-Top Battle Over The Thirty Meter Telescope nature.com Plans to build one of the world's biggest telescopes on Mauna Kea in Hawaii are mired in conflict. Four people involved in the fight explain their diverse views. Get more stories on Digg.com → I'M TOO SEXY FOR MY SADDLE French fashion designer Simon Porte leads a horse on the catwalk, during Jacquemus' Spring-Summer 2016 ready-to-wear fashion collection, in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015.​ Credit: AP Photo/Thibault Camus Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

The Case For Cheese Wiz

A Nation Of Tall Cheese-Eaters, The Kama Sutra Of Melon Balls, Stop Washing Your Shirts So Much, Creative Self-Destruction And The Climate, Google's Quantum Computer Just Got a Big Upgrade, How Coyotes Smuggle People Into America The Daily Digg Tuesday, September 29, 2015 INSERT CHEESY PUN HERE A Nation Of Tall Cheese-Eaters bbc.com The Dutch drink a lot of milk, eat a lot of cheese and are now the tallest people in the world. Could there be a connection? How did the Netherlands become so cheesy? THE FRUITS OF DESIRE The Kama Sutra Of Melon Balls digg.com Melon balls are aesthetically pleasing. But are they practical? SHIRTS WE DIGG SPONSORED Stop Washing Your Shirts So Much woolandprince.com Thanks to the magic of wool, you can wear Wool & Prince's shirts for days on end without needing to wash them. Imagine that — fewer trips to the laundromat. (Oh, and they also look great.) PLANTING SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION Creative Self-Destruction And The Climate theconversation.com Ecologists and conservation biologists have been convinced that they have to speak the language of the market to be heard and so busy themselves with "putting a price on the environment." What we really need is activism. A QUANTUM LEAP Google's Quantum Computer Just Got a Big Upgrade wired.com Google is upgrading its quantum computer. Known as the D-Wave, Google's machine is making the leap from 512 qubits — the fundamental building block of a quantum computer — to more than a 1000 qubits. Here's what that could mean. THE SMUGGLING MACHINE How Coyotes Smuggle People Into America digg.com Using animation, puppets and stop motion, Javier Barboza created this short film on the smuggling of undocumented immigrants. Get more stories on Digg.com → A DOWNPOUR OF DISSENT Protesters holding yellow umbrellas gather to observe a moment of silence to mark the first anniversary of "Umbrella Movement" outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on Sept. 28, 2015. A year ago, Hong Kong's famously busy streets were shut down by pro-democracy activists who occupied them for 79 days in what became known as the "Umbrella Movement." Credit: AP Photo/Kin Cheung Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Where The Cannabidiol At?

The Wonder Drug: Inside Medical Marijuana's Wild New Frontier, San Francisco's Insane Craigslist Bunk Bed Epidemic And Other News, How To Cook The Perfect Steak, Every Time, Everything You Need To Know About Millipedes, A German Woman Is Claiming She Is A Murder Victim From 30 Years Ago, Bundle Of Marijuana Worth $10,000 Falls From The Sky And Crushes Dog House The Daily Digg Monday, September 28, 2015 HIGH HOPES The Wonder Drug: Inside Medical Marijuana's Wild New Frontier newrepublic.com Medical marijuana has become a hotly contested issue within the last few years. Among the fervor a new non-hallucinogenic cannabis derivative, CBD, has gained massive attention for its ability to treat epilepsy symptoms. While some states have made their own laws legalizing the substance, others, along with the federal government, have not. The New Republic investigates the science and industry of the wonder drug. WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND San Francisco's Insane Craigslist Bunk Bed Epidemic And Other News digg.com Peer into your depressing future co-living arrangement, learn all there is to know about millipedes and bemoan the lack of the real mensch with What You Missed This Weekend. MEATS WE DIGG SPONSORED How To Cook The Perfect Steak, Every Time digg.com Should you salt immediately or wait a few minutes? Do you really need to let your steak rest before you cut it? Does it really matter what kind of oil you use? Digg and the Blue Apron Test Kitchen have teamed up to cover the basics: Pan­-Searing Steak 101. A MILLI A MILLI A MILLI Everything You Need To Know About Millipedes digg.com More than 420 million years ago ancient millipedes took their first many steps onto land. Today they remain largely cryptic animals, as there are tens of thousands of species still unknown to science. TALES FROM THE CRYPT A German Woman Is Claiming She Is A Murder Victim From 30 Years Ago buzzfeed.com Petra Pazsitka sparked a national mystery in Germany when she disappeared 30 years ago. Eventually someone confessed to her murder and the case was closed. Now police are saying the entire thing was an elaborate plot to start her life over. THROW THE DOG MORE THAN A BONE Bundle Of Marijuana Worth $10,000 Falls From The Sky And Crushes Dog House theguardian.com A bundle of marijuana fell from the sky in what seems like an act of God in Arizona. The package, estimated to be worth $10,000, crushed a couple's dog house and definitely gave the lucky beast a contact high. Get more stories on Digg.com → PAPAL PAT-DOWN A nun from The Sisters of Life, of New York City, is inspected at a security checkpoint as she arrives for a Mass to be celebrated by Pope Francis, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, in Philadelphia. Pope Francis will end the final day of his three-city U.S. tour with the Mass on Philadelphia's grandest boulevard, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.​ Credit: AP Photo/John Minchillo Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

The Week's Best Videos: Pizza Rats And Baby Wheels

Extremely Boston Man Can't Comprehend A Sunfish, A Compilation Of People Destroying Their iPhones, How Big Of A Gun You Need To Blow Open A Padlock, Car Crash At Nurburgring Defies Physics, This Isn't Looped Footage Of A Man Eating Noodles, An Unusual Way To Fix Dents In The Body Of A Car The Daily Digg Sunday, September 27, 2015 A BABY WHEEL? WHAT? Extremely Boston Man Can't Comprehend A Sunfish digg.com This guy's name is Michael Bergin, and he might be the most incredulous human on land or sea. WARRANTY: VOIDED A Compilation Of People Destroying Their iPhones digg.com The iPhone 6S Plus is out, so we've compiled the best clips of people wrecking their old iPhones. While these phones probably could have been donated or sold, we have to admit that there's something satisfying about seeing last season's lusted-after piece of tech dropped, smashed, shot, set on fire, or otherwise reduced to metal spaghetti. SORRY, DOORS How Big Of A Gun You Need To Blow Open A Padlock digg.com Demolition Ranch shows us how much power we'll need to fulfill our action movie fantasy, because learning how to pick locks takes way too long. THE DRIVER SURVIVED Car Crash At Nurburgring Defies Physics digg.com The Nurburgring in Germany claims several lives each year. Luckily, this driver was not one of the casualties, although he came dangerously close. BOWLING WITHOUT SOUP This Isn't Looped Footage Of A Man Eating Noodles digg.com Furious Pete is one of YouTube's greatest challenge eaters. Here he is in Japan devouring a mind-boggling 147 bowls of noodles in five minutes. Not only is it insane how accurate the noodle-server is, but Pete still lost by one bowl to the young woman to his right. WELD DONE An Unusual Way To Fix Dents In The Body Of A Car digg.com A couple of zaps from the welder, a quick yank and boom, good as new. Get more stories on Digg.com → MASTER SPLINTER, IS THAT YOU? Rats are a huge problem in New York City, but really they're just like us. Case in point: they eat pizza on the subway. Credit: Matt Little Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014