The Big Sleep

The Day I Started Lying To Ruth, Police Can't Find This Man's Killer Because The Victim Didn't Have Internet, The Animals Of Chernobyl, What Would Happen If Humans Hibernated, What You Should Know About The Most-Hyped IPO Of The Year, Opposing Fans Storm Soccer Pitch, Only One Makes It Out The Daily Digg Wednesday, May 7, 2014 HEARTBREAKING The Day I Started Lying To Ruth nymag.com A cancer doctor on losing his wife to cancer. R.I.P. GOOD, OLD FASHIONED POLICE WORK Police Can't Find This Man's Killer Because The Victim Didn't Have Internet washingtonpost.com Philip Welsh seemed to have no secrets and no enemies. And he left behind no electronic footprints that police routinely use these days as they seek out unknown quarrels and final movements. ON A QUEST TO BECOME SPIDER-MAN The Animals Of Chernobyl digg.com Biologist Timothy Mousseau has been studying the lasting effects of radiation on the flora and fauna of Chernobyl, Ukraine. THE BIG SLEEP What Would Happen If Humans Hibernated mosaicscience.com The extreme survival tricks of hibernators could help us overcome life-threatening injuries. ALL ABOUT ALIBABA What You Should Know About The Most-Hyped IPO Of The Year mashable.com Alibaba filed paperwork on Tuesday for a $1 billion public offering. It is expected to increase significantly and could become the largest tech IPO of all time. ALMOST AS MANY PUNCHES AS GOALS Opposing Fans Storm Soccer Pitch, Only One Makes It Out digg.com After a Slovakian Super Liga match, a Kosice fan ran onto to the pitch to protest the loss to Slovan Bratislava. Turns out, a Bratislava fan didn't like this much and he, too, ran onto the pitch, knocking out the opposing fan with a single punch. Even crazier? The fan seems to get away despite dozens of cops in riot gear hanging around. ADVERTISEMENT Still Haven't Bought A Mother's Day Present? Lucky for you 1800flowers.com is offering up to 40% off flowers and gifts. HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU A hummingbird makes an approach to a handy feeder. Credit: AP Photo: The Olympian, Steve Bloom Read more on Digg.com → Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

And You Thought Last Winter Was Bad

How Cubicles Came To Be, The Volcano That Rewrote History, Your First Time Should Be Special, John Oliver Dismantles The Death Penalty, The Complete History Of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Daily Digg Tuesday, May 6, 2014 DESK JOBS How Cubicles Came To Be newyorker.com The arrangement that began in the nineteenth-century factory and lived on through the twentieth-century office may end soon. BLOWING TAMBORA The Volcano That Rewrote History thedailybeast.com If you think this winter was unseasonably long and cold, you're playing history's tiniest violin. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Your First Time Should Be Special squarespace.com Never built a website before? Built so many you forgot the names of half of them? Well no matter your experience level, Squarespace can help you do it better, faster. Or slower, if that's how you like it. THE DEATH PENALTY IS LIKE THE McRIB John Oliver Dismantles The Death Penalty digg.com Can the death penalty be executed humanely? Should we even be implementing it at all? Why are we talking about this on a comedy show? THE FULL SHELL The Complete History Of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles mentalfloss.com To make sure I got the scoop on everyone's favorite heroes in a half-shell, I went straight to the source — co-creator Peter Laird — who was kind enough to answer our burning questions about the franchise. Read more on Digg.com → THAT USED TO BE A VILLAGE An aerial view shows the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Monday, May 5, 2014. Hundreds of people were killed in a horrific landslide and authorities are trying to help the 700 families displaced by the torrent of mud that swept through their village. The families left their homes due to the threat of more landslides, Minister for Rural Rehabilitation Wais Ahmad Barmak said. Credit: AP Photo/Rahmat Gul Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Soul Searching

We Love Everything Mexican, So Why Don't We Love Mexico?, What You Missed This Weekend, The Largest Vocabulary in Hip Hop, A Hack That Gets You The Most Taco Bell For Your Money, Why I Won't Work For Google The Daily Digg Monday, May 5, 2014 OUR BROTHER FROM A DIFFERENT MOTHER We Love Everything Mexican, So Why Don't We Love Mexico? anthonybourdain.tumblr.com We love Mexican music, Mexican beaches, Mexican architecture, interior design, Mexican films. So, why don't we love Mexico? DIGG PICKS What You Missed This Weekend digg.com Disneyland looks crazy from above, straight men like to cuddling more than you may think, and why you shouldn't heckle a comic. SAY WORD The Largest Vocabulary in Hip Hop mdaniels.com Literary elites love to rep Shakespeare's vocabulary: across his entire corpus, he uses 28,829 words, suggesting he knew over 100,000 words and arguably had the largest vocabulary, ever. I decided to compare this data point against the most famous artists in hip hop. THE ONLY HACK YOU'LL EVER NEED A Hack That Gets You The Most Taco Bell For Your Money kotaku.com It's late at night, you've got a pocketful of crumpled bills and coins, and your hunger exceeds your self-esteem. Thanks to a clever hack, now all you have to do is send your budget to a special email address to generate a maximum calorie Taco Bell menu. SOUL SEARCHING Why I Won't Work For Google qnrq.se Google reads the emails that my mother is writing and tracking what my friends are buying. For advertisement purposes, Google says, and we only discovered the true consequences later when Edward Snowden blew the whistle. Read more on Digg.com → GLOVER'S LEAP Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig is unable to catch a ball at the fence hit by Miami Marlins' Jeff Baker for a double, during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 4, 2014 in Miami. Puig retreated and made a leaping try for an acrobatic catch but slammed against the fence, and the ball deflected off it and hit him in the face. Credit: AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

This Week's Best Videos: Crocodile Chop, Terrible Odds And Lifehacks For The Unscrupulous

Elton John And System Of A Down Play 'Crocodile Chop', 3 Olympic Fencers Vs. 50 Amateurs, Watch A Landslide Swallow An Entire Street In 20 Seconds, How To Sneak Into Any Sports Game, This Is 'The Most Advanced Camera Ever Built' The Daily Digg Sunday, May 4, 2014 SYSTEM OF A JOHN Elton John And System Of A Down Play 'Crocodile Chop' digg.com Who knew the two went so well together? THINGS WERE GOING SO WELL UNTIL... 3 Olympic Fencers Vs. 50 Amateurs digg.com A Japanese TV program had the genius idea to pit three Olympic fencers against 50 amateurs. RUN AWAY Watch A Landslide Swallow An Entire Street In 20 Seconds digg.com It's like a magic trick to make a whole section of the earth disappear. A really, really horrifying magic trick. GRAND SCAM How To Sneak Into Any Sports Game digg.com Going to sports is expensive and the good seats are taken by rich dicks. So why not just get in for free? WHAT A POS This Is 'The Most Advanced Camera Ever Built' digg.com It's housed in an old computer tower, shoots video in 16 bits and even supports floppy disks. What more could you ask for? Read more on Digg.com → SORRY TO RUIN YOUR WEEKEND If you need a good cry, watch this moving performance: poet Patrick Roche counts back the years of his life that unfold to reveal his father's tragic history of alcoholism. Credit: Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

How To Lose $100 Million

What We Learned This Week, What's The Pressure Inside An Exploding Whale?, Elton John And System Of A Down Play 'Crocodile Chop', If You Don't Go To The Dentist, Your Teeth Will Literally Fall Out Of Your Head, What People Really Order At Chipotle, How To Lose $100 Million The Daily Digg Friday, May 2, 2014 DIGG PICKS What We Learned This Week digg.com This week we learned how the pyramids got built, how to stay sober while drinking, and how to never vomit again. WHALE BEYOND WHAT YOU'D EXPECT What's The Pressure Inside An Exploding Whale? wired.com Let's guess that the person in the video is about 1.8 meters tall, which is the average height for a Dutch man. Now, I'm going to track the speed at which the blood and gas mixture shoots out of the whale. SYSTEM OF A JOHN Elton John And System Of A Down Play 'Crocodile Chop' digg.com Who knew the two went so well together? LITERALLY If You Don't Go To The Dentist, Your Teeth Will Literally Fall Out Of Your Head washingtonpost.com Good dental care is important. Here are some terrifying charts to prove it. WELL, 100 OF THEM AT LEAST What People Really Order At Chipotle theawl.com Last week, I sent a Chipotle survey to 100 people. 64 of them responded. This is what they shared. STEP 1: BUY A MAGAZINE How To Lose $100 Million politico.com The undoing of Tina Brown. Read more on Digg.com → CROSSEYED AND PAINLESS Xu Xin of China plays against Zolt Pete of Serbia during their round robin match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Koji Sasahar Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

They Figured It Out

Scientists Figured Out How The Pyramids Were Built, 3 Olympic Fencers Vs. 50 Amateurs, Don't Download This Game If You Have Anything To Do Today, The Stolen Girls, How To Store Your Food In The Fridge And The Freezer The Daily Digg Thursday, May 1, 2014 HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT Scientists Figured Out How The Pyramids Were Built phys.org Physicists from the FOM Foundation and the University of Amsterdam have discovered that the ancient Egyptians used a clever trick to make it easier to transport heavy pyramid stones by sledge. THINGS WERE GOING SO WELL UNTIL... 3 Olympic Fencers Vs. 50 Amateurs digg.com A Japanese TV program had the genius idea to pit three Olympic fencers against 50 amateurs. APPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Don't Download This Game If You Have Anything To Do Today weplaydots.com We've been obsessed with Dots since exactly one year ago, and somehow it just keeps on getting better. In fact, we're gonna go play right now. Looks like you're on your own, readers. NIGHTMARE IN NIGERIA The Stolen Girls newyorker.com "I thought it was the end of my life," Deborah Sanya told me by phone on Monday from Chibok, a tiny town of farmers in northeastern Nigeria. "There were many, many of them." Boko Haram, an Islamist terrorist group, kidnapped Sanya and at least two hundred of her classmates from a girls' secondary school in Chibok more than two weeks ago. DRAWING THE NEWS How To Store Your Food In The Fridge And The Freezer readtapestry.com Ever wonder how long those avocados will last in your crisper? How many days you've got to finish those leftovers? Wonder no more thanks to this handy guide. Read more on Digg.com → UMBRELLA GRAVEYARD Pedestrians walk with little protection from their collapsed umbrella during a rainstorm, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Philadelphia. The area can expect widespread showers with possible thunderstorms with a flood watch in effect through Thursday morning. Credit: AP Photo Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014