A Weed-Filled Lake, A Conspiracy Theory, And More Weekend Reads

The Legend Of Dope Lake

Digg Editions Morning · Sat, Jul 02

LONG WEEKEND LONGREADS ANOTHER KIND OF HYDROPONICS The Legend Of Dope Lake mensjournal.com In December, 1976 a drug-smuggling plane loaded with three tons of weed crashed in Yosemite. It was only a matter of time before the hippies tried to find it. THE TRIANGLE OF DEATH The Mafia Is Giving Italians Cancer digg.com When doctors in rural Italy began to see a surge in cancer cases, they were baffled. Then they made the link with industrial waste being dumped by local crime syndicates. NEW HOGWARTS Read JK Rowling's New 'Harry Potter' Short Story: 'Ilvermorny School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry' pottermore.com To provide some backstory to the upcoming "Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them," today JK Rowling released a lengthy short story on the Hogwarts of America: The Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. THEY'LL BE OKAY The $3 Billion Family Art Feud wsj.com Cryptic wills, secret sellers, offshore companies and a wild family feud over a $3 billion art collection. STYLE WE DIGG | SPONSORED If Thomas Jefferson Were Alive Today, He'd Probably Wear This Shirt criquetshirts.com Criquet shirts are an instant classic. The Nelson Stripe is made with 100% cotton and inspired by the old-school, incredibly soft shirts your dad would always wear. It keeps selling out, so we suggest ordering one sooner rather than later. THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE THE CHISEL FACE FILE The Fugitive, His Dead Wife And A 9/11 Conspiracy Theory gq.com He worked for FEMA at ground zero, but then Kurt Sonnenfeld became a suspect in the mysterious and high-profile death of his wife. Now he's found a new life in South America and become a folk hero by telling an amazing story about the World Trade Center attacks. LOOKING FOR GHOSTS Aliens, Archaeology And The Atomic Bomb mtv.com A road trip through the ruins of the American West. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE PLEASE SEND HELP This Optical Illusion Is Tearing Our Brains In Two digg.com For reasons we cannot fathom, Kokichi Sugihara only received 2nd place in the Illusion of the Year contest for this set of absolutely mind-bending "ambiguous cylinder" illusions. · Here's how the illusion works SO COOL WATCH: These Omnidirectional Tires Will Solve Parallel Parking Forever digg.com Parallel parking sucks, but with inventor William Lilliard's crazy tires, you can just drive sideways into your space. They're also great for doing slow mo donuts. MARIO KART MIGHT TOP THAT THOUGH WATCH: A Go Kart Is Now Your Best Chance To Evade The Police digg.com A peculiar car (?) chase in Oakland captured on Snapchat might have a significant impact on criminals' vehicle of choice. BEHIND BARS A PRISON BLUE PERIOD Arts And Crafts At The Bloodiest Prison In The South racked.com Inside the craft fair at Angola, the country's largest maximum security prison. O BROTHER I Grew Up Idolizing My Brother. Then He Killed A Man. themarshallproject.org Before Moochie was a murderer, he was something of a savior inside our home. He was the son who had protected my mother from an abusive husband. The brother who shielded the rest of us from the bullies down the road and the kids who made fun of my stutter. THE HOT LAND The Lime Grower Vs The Cartel theintercept.com How a lime grower in Tierra Caliente led an uprising against one of Mexico's bloodiest drug cartels. BEFORE YOU GO PROBABLY WORTH MORE THAN SPARE CHANGE Seal Casually Borrows A Busker's Guitar, Belts Out 'Kiss From A Rose' digg.com ​The life of a busker is not a particularly glamorous one. That is, until Seal stops by and does an impromptu rendition of "Kiss From A Rose" with your guitar. Long weekend you say? Time to go back to sleep. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Your Car's LED Daytime Running Lights Are Dangerous And Other Facts

Digg Editions Morning · Fri, Jul 01

WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Your Car's LED Daytime Running Lights Are Dangerous And Other Facts digg.com Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: LED daytime running lights are bad, how architecture catches thieves and why you shouldn't hit the trails with a bike from Walmart. WHAT'S HAPPENING Austria's Highest Court Orders Repeat Of Presidential Runoff Alleged Planner Behind Istanbul Airport Bombing Named Joe Biden Says Sanders Will Endorse Clinton ICYMI: Adnan Syed — Of 'Serial' — Granted A New Trial CARRY-ONS WE DIGG | SPONSORED A Smarter Carry-On For High-Tech Travelers geniuspack.com Genius Pack's luggage has integrated charging and compression technology so that you can stay connected and pack what you need while taking up less room. DON'T BE A BAD SPORT WITH A PADDLE, WITHOUT A CLUE Chasing Niagara Falls In A Kayak sports.vice.com In 2011, pro kayaker Rafa Ortiz set himself an ambitious, maybe crazy goal: to paddle off Niagara Falls, a 150-foot drop. PROBABLY ALL THE BLOWS TO THE HEAD? Why Are So Many MMA Fighters Truthers, Conspiracists, And Just Plain Weird? deadspin.com Take Ronda Rousey, who in 2013 took a break from dominating the women's bantamweight division to find out the truth about the Sandy Hook massacre. Or Tim Kennedy, the UFC middleweight/Army Ranger who appears on Alex Jones and has the beliefs of a John Birch Society conspiracist who was cryogenically frozen and revived in the late 2000s. 'BLOCKS 4 TOTS' WATCH: Just A Bunch Of NBA Players Wrecking Kids At Their Basketball Camps digg.com Now that the NBA season is officially over, it's time for America's greatest professional basketball players to give back to their communities. And by "give back," we mean block the heck out of some middle schoolers. THIS ONE GOES TO ELEVEN RUMBLE IN THE CONCRETE JUNGLE It's Gonna Get Loud: Inside Tokyo's Underground Noise Scene huckmagazine.com The late 70's and early 80's saw an explosive new scene emerge in Japan: noise. Photographer Gin Satoh was there to record the violence and volume; now for the first time his photos are being exhibited outside Japan. SCHOOL HOUSE METAL The Story Of The World's Most Brutal Middle-School Metal Band vice.com The new documentary "Breaking A Monster" paints an absorbing portrait of Unlock the Truth, three thoroughly normal adolescent kids from Flatbush, Brooklyn who happen to confident, disciplined, and extremely impressive metal musicians. DARK LORDS Punks, Goths, Disco Queens, Rockers And Ravers: Portraits Of UK Nightlife medium.com Four decades of images capturing alternative London's unique counter-cultural history. BEFORE YOU GO AIRBRUSHING A Very Cool Timelapse Captures The Painting Of An Airplane Over 15 Days digg.com This is the Emirates Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial aircraft. It is so large that the entire repainting process took 34 professionals and nearly 15 days to complete, setting a company record. That's it! Hope your weekend gets off to a flying start. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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