That's Not A Rock

The Town Where Everyone Got Free Money, Why We Remember So Many Things Wrong, Don't Clash With Your Significant Other, Can You Spot This Octopus?, 'Nope, You're Dead Now', This Man Is Ready Should A Mortal Kombat/Cooking Tournament Ever Take Place The Daily Digg Thursday, February 5, 2015 HOW MUCH (MORE) DO YOU MAKE? The Town Where Everyone Got Free Money motherboard.vice.com Between 1974 and 1979, the Canadian government tested the idea of a basic income guarantee (BIG) in Dauphin, Manitoba, giving people enough money to survive in a way that no other place in North America has before or since. THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY Why We Remember So Many Things Wrong newyorker.com Upon studying how memory works, two researchers discovered that it, well, doesn't. UNDERWEAR WE DIGG SPONSORED Don't Clash With Your Significant Other meundies.com Get matching underwear, instead. And nobody does underwear better than MeUndies. THOSE AREN'T ROCKS Can You Spot This Octopus? digg.com Even on a second (and third) watch, we couldn't see through this impeccable camouflage. Don't trust your surroundings — they may be octopi. ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL 'Nope, You're Dead Now' medium.com I was kidnapped, beaten, and almost set on fire. But, hey, it's made me a happier person. SUB-ZERO MAKES GREAT GELATO This Man Is Ready Should A Mortal Kombat/Cooking Tournament Ever Take Place digg.com His finishing move is to julienne a few bell peppers before cooking you a nice meal that tastes so badly you pass out. Get more stories on Digg.com → CANDLE IN THE WIND Stadium seats are in a piled on the field as demolition begins on Candlestick Park Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, in San Francisco. Crews have started tearing down San Francisco's storied Candlestick Park so houses, a hotel and a shopping center can be built on the site of the former Giants and 49ers stadium. Credit: AP Photo/Ben Margot 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

What's Bugging You?

One Man's Quest To Rid Wikipedia Of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake, VIDEO: Today's Best Animation Is 'Plug And Play', How To Find The Liquor You Like, The Independent Discovery Of TCP/IP, By Ants, VIDEO: Most People Think 'Airplane' Parodies Disaster Movies. They're (Mostly) Wrong, Even Cockroaches Have Different Personalities, Scientists Find The Daily Digg Wednesday, February 4, 2015 THE ULTIMATE WIKIGNOME One Man's Quest To Rid Wikipedia Of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake medium.com "I don't think he wakes up in the morning and says, 'I'm gonna serve widows in Africa with the sum of all human knowledge.'" He begins shaking his hands in mock frustration. "He wakes up and says, 'Those fuckers  —  they messed it up again!'" NSFW-ISH VIDEO: Today's Best Animation Is 'Plug And Play' digg.com What's going on in this? Only Michael Frei knows. But we found it funny, evocative and difficult to look away from. LIQUOR WE DIGG SPONSORED How To Find The Liquor You Like flaviar.com We curate the internet, Flaviar curates your drinks. Join the club and sample the best booze around without the commitment (and cost) of a full bottle. NERDS HATE GRASSHOPPERS TOO The Independent Discovery Of TCP/IP, By Ants priceonomics.com What does the internet have in common with an ant colony? More than you might think. PICKED THE WRONG DAY TO QUIT SNIFFING GLUE VIDEO: Most People Think 'Airplane' Parodies Disaster Movies. They're (Mostly) Wrong digg.com While "Airplane" lampooned the overabundance of disaster movies at the time it came out, the movie it directly parodies is 1957 film called "Zero Hour." Here are some of the scenes it directly rips from, juxtaposed. CALL MYERS, BRIGGS AND THE ORKIN MAN Even Cockroaches Have Different Personalities, Scientists Find theguardian.com Cockroaches may be ugly, they may be among the most loathed creatures on the planet but at least, scientists say, they have personality. Researchers studying the behavior of the insects have discovered that far from simply being a homogenous mass they have individual character traits. Get more stories on Digg.com → HOW DID THEY GET THOSE SHORTS ON HIM? "The Seeker" a sculpture by artist Stephen LaGattuta, sports heart designed shorts along the John and Dede Howard Family Recreational Trail in St. Joseph, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. The glass, steel, winterstone, and brass piece of art is part of the Krasl Art Center's Biennial Sculpture Invitational. Credit: AP Photo/The Herald-Palladium, Don Campbell 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

Per_i_tance Of Vi_ion

VIDEO: The History Of Frame Rate, The Curious Case Of The Disappearing Polish 'S', A Better Way To Cook, The Men Of Steel With A Softer Side, VIDEO: The Music Behind The Worst Album Covers Ever, Why Cambodians Never Get 'Depressed' The Daily Digg Tuesday, February 3, 2015 FIGHTING FLICKER VIDEO: The History Of Frame Rate digg.com Unless you're about to see the new "Hobbit" movies, frame rate isn't something viewers usually think about. But for most of film's history, it was a hotly-debated topic. _OMETHING MI__ING The Curious Case Of The Disappearing Polish 'S' medium.com One keyboard bug three decades in the making. MEALS WE DIGG SPONSORED A Better Way To Cook blueapron.com Everything tastes better when you make it yourself. Okay, not everything. But all the recipes and ingredients that come in a Blue Apron box are way better than whatever half-eaten leftovers you were planning on eating in front of the TV tonight. WITH A CAMEO FROM THE TAJ MAHAL The Men Of Steel With A Softer Side bbc.com Tata, the Indian company that owns Tetley Tea and Jaguar Land Rover, prides itself on its ethics — 66% of the business is owned by charities. Its unique character was shaped by the passions of its founder Jamsetji Tata and his successors. NSFW: FOR ALMOST EVERY REASON VIDEO: The Music Behind The Worst Album Covers Ever digg.com Some of these musicians are better than you'd expect. Most are much, much worse. Almost impossibly bad. TELL ME HOW YOU FEEL, IF YOU CAN? Why Cambodians Never Get 'Depressed' npr.org People in Cambodia experience what we Americans call depression. But there's no direct translation for the word "depression" in the Cambodian Khmer language. Instead, people may say "thelea tdeuk ceut," which literally means "the water in my heart has fallen." Get more stories on Digg.com → TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN A man dressed in Red Army World War II uniform walks toward the monument to Motherland during ceremonies marking the 72nd anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, once known as Stalingrad, Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. The city, which was known as Stalingrad during World War II, suffered six months of intensive fighting that ended with the Red Army's defeat of the Nazis, which marked a decisive turn in World War II. Credit: AP Photo/Dmitry Rogulin 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

How To Train Your Velociraptor

All Politics Is No Longer Local, All The Super Bowl Commercials That Mattered, UPDATE: Jeff Bridges Put Us To Sleep, The Most Incredible Super Bowl Catch That Didn't Even Matter, Hard-Charging Uber Tries Olive Branch, 'Jurassic World' Had A New Trailer For The Super Bowl The Daily Digg Monday, February 2, 2015 IDENTITY POLITICS All Politics Is No Longer Local politico.com These days, party identity trumps all. ALL BRANDS WIN All The Super Bowl Commercials That Mattered digg.com ​Advertisers may have spent a ton of money on these commercials but that doesn't mean you have to be exposed to the duds. Here are the Super Bowl ads that got people talking. DUDES WE DIGG SPONSORED UPDATE: Jeff Bridges Put Us To Sleep squarespace.com That's right, we listened to Jeff Bridges' new sleep album and it worked. Well, it worked but we also spent the night dreaming of oil prospectors and moonlit surfing and may have figured out space-time travel? It's a trip. NICE CATCH, BIG FAIL The Most Incredible Super Bowl Catch That Didn't Even Matter digg.com Jermaine Kearse had just about won the Super Bowl for the Seattle Seahawks. That is until the Seahawks made what might be the worst play call in all of NFL history. CHANGING ROUTES Hard-Charging Uber Tries Olive Branch nytimes.com Travis Kalanick did not build Uber into a global force by playing nice. But Mr. Kalanick and his team have begun to trade the art of Sun Tzu for a full-throated charm offensive. STILL NO JEFF GOLDBLUM 'Jurassic World' Had A New Trailer For The Super Bowl digg.com Chris Pratt apparently goes hunting for a rampaging monster on a motorcycle, along with a pack of trained velociraptors. So that's something. Get more stories on Digg.com → LIKE HE DREAMED WHEN HE WAS A KID New England Patriots strong safety Duron Harmon (30) celebrates after the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game against the Seattle Seahawks Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz. The Patriots won 28-24. Credit: AP Photo/David Goldman 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

This Week's Best Videos: How To Be The Smartest At Your Super Bowl Party, Haunted Milk And The Moving Guts Of A Camera

How To Be The Smartest Person At Your Super Bowl Party, After Watching This Vine You're Going To Put A Gallon Of Milk In Your Sink, Tennis Is More Interesting Against A Tank, The Moving Guts Of A Camera, At 10,000 Frames Per Second, Sweden Invented Bulletproof Walls, This Just Looks Like An Apartment, Until You Realize It's A Simulation The Daily Digg Sunday, February 1, 2015 TAPPABLE TRIVIA How To Be The Smartest Person At Your Super Bowl Party digg.com Chances are high that on February 1st, you're going to be watching the Super Bowl. You don't want to attend a social function and not have any knowledge about what's taking place. Tap your way through Super Bowl trivia with this handy guide! Written by E.J. Judge, illustrations by Molly Brooks. THE MILK IS HAUNTED After Watching This Vine You're Going To Put A Gallon Of Milk In Your Sink digg.com Milk is powerful. DJOKOVIC V ABRAMS Tennis Is More Interesting Against A Tank digg.com "Some said inviting a sentient tank to play tennis would ruin the sport." SHUTTER? I BARELY KNOW HER! The Moving Guts Of A Camera, At 10,000 Frames Per Second digg.com Photography has never made as much sense to us as after watching how the damn things actually work. LA ROUX WOULD BE PROUD Sweden Invented Bulletproof Walls digg.com Those weird pellets? They're hard ceramic. And through some wizardry they're absorbing bullets without letting them penetrate or ricochet. REALER THAN REAL This Just Looks Like An Apartment, Until You Realize It's A Simulation digg.com The Unreal 4 engine is incredibly powerful, as demonstrated by Benoît Dereau. Get more stories on Digg.com → THINK OF ALL THE PAPER CUTS! We may not speak Japanese, but we know a cool video when we see one. Credit: 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