Today Is Picture Day

How Did 'Black Friday' Get Its Name?, When Stadiums Are No Longer Safe Spaces, This Mattress Is Made For You. Seriously., Tell Us Your Retail Horror Stories, The Downfall Of The Knights Templar, Data Mining A Century Of Yearbook Photos Reveals How Smiling Evolved The Daily Digg Wednesday, November 25, 2015 IT'S ALWAYS BEEN BAD How Did 'Black Friday' Get Its Name? digg.com While the consumerist hellscape is relatively recent, the phrase "Black Friday" has been around for a while. And apparently it doesn't have to do with how terrible the day is for retail workers. So where did it come from? THE WAVE HAS CRASHED When Stadiums Are No Longer Safe Spaces espn.go.com Stadiums are soft, rich targets. Live sports only work because people believe they are safe, and in Paris, that belief came under attack. MATTRESSES WE DIGG SPONSORED This Mattress Is Made For You. Seriously. helixsleep.com We all sleep differently, so why aren't our mattresses as unique as we are? That's why each Helix Sleep mattress is tailor-made for your body type and sleeping preference. So, basically, it's the mattress of your dreams. DIGG DIALOG Tell Us Your Retail Horror Stories digg.com Have you ever worked retail during the holidays? As a worker or as a shopper, what's the worst thing you've seen someone do in a store? Leave your stories here! THEY WERE A NATIONAL TREASURE The Downfall Of The Knights Templar ancient-origins.net The source of the Knights Templar's fame came not only from their prowess on the battlefield, but also from the wealth they amassed during the Crusades. Yet these same riches eventually led to their downfall. SAY CHEESE! Data Mining A Century Of Yearbook Photos Reveals How Smiling Evolved technologyreview.com By mining a vast database of high-school yearbook photos, a machine-vision algorithm reveals the change in hairstyles, clothing, and even smiles over the last century. Get more stories on Digg.com REST IN PEACE ​A mourner bows at a memorial altar for the late former South Korean President Kim Young-sam in front of Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Former President Kim, who formally ended decades of military rule in South Korea and accepted a massive international bailout during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, died Sunday. Credit: AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 29 Little West 12th Street, NY, NY 10014

The Great Kangaroo Hunt Of 2015

Should We Test Drugs On Pregnant Women?, How An 'Untouchable' Teenage Hacker Is Destroying An American Family, PSA: Yes, You Need New Underwear, Inside Australia's Kangaroo Cull, The Case Of The Disappearing Quasars, How I Fell Face First For An Epic IRS Scam The Daily Digg Tuesday, November 24, 2015 TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW Should We Test Drugs On Pregnant Women? digg.com Traditionally, expectant mothers have been excluded from clinical trials, but could this practice be doing more harm than good? DIGG DIALOG How An 'Untouchable' Teenage Hacker Is Destroying An American Family digg.com Aaron Sankin and William Turton wrote about how a Midwestern family has been terrorized by a teenage hacker for the past few years. They'll be here at 1pm EST to discuss the story. Leave your comments now! UNDIES WE DIGG SPONSORED PSA: Yes, You Need New Underwear meundies.com New undies. Every month. Free shipping. Congratulations, you're officially an adult! Keep the adulthood going and sign up now for 25% off your cart when it includes a subscription item. If you don't love your first pair, it's free. GOOD WILL KANGAROO HUNTING Inside Australia's Kangaroo Cull outsideonline.com Australia is home to 24 million people and roughly 60 million kangaroos. The cuddly-looking creatures are still a beloved national icon, but they're also the scourge of ranchers, frequent roadkill, a favorite on restaurant menus, and now the target of government-sponsored sharpshooters. QUASAR-SUSPECT The Case Of The Disappearing Quasars scientificamerican.com A dozen quasars in the early universe appear to have shut down in just a few years, baffling astronomers. I ARE SCAMMED How I Fell Face First For An Epic IRS Scam narrative.ly As an Ivy League-educated journalist who has reported on scams and their victims, I certainly never thought I'd fall for one myself. I couldn't have been more wrong. Get more stories on Digg.com JUST ACCEPT THE INEVITABLE HOLIDAY CHEER A man dressed as Santa Claus stands in front of Germany's biggest Christmas tree, illuminated by 48,000 lights at the traditional Christmas market in Dortmund, Germany, Monday, Nov. 23, 2015. The 45-meter high tree was built with 1,700 spruces and is a main attraction during advent season.​ Credit: AP Photo/Martin Meissner Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 29 Little West 12th Street, NY, NY 10014

Spice Your Turkey With The Wonders Of Science

The Keys To Enya's Kingdom, Use Science To Spice Up Your Thanksgiving Meal, This Startup Puts You On The Homescreen, Undercover Adele Wins An Adele Impersonator Contest, And Other News, Going Inside The Sony Hack, One Year Later, How To Store Human Knowledge For An Eternity The Daily Digg Monday, November 23, 2015 SHE ACTUALLY HAS A CASTLE BY THE SEA The Keys To Enya's Kingdom buzzfeed.com Over the course of three decades and 80 million records sold, Enya has morphed into more than musician: She's her own adjective. What makes her music — and the mysterious woman behind it — appealing to so many? Anne Helen Petersen visits the reclusive singer in Ireland. DIGG DIALOG Use Science To Spice Up Your Thanksgiving Meal digg.com J. Kenji López-Alt, author of The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science, will be here on Digg at 12pm EST to answer your food-related questions. Leave him a question now! APPS WE DIGG SPONSORED This Startup Puts You On The Homescreen trygigster.com In less time than it takes to order takeout, you can harness an experienced team of developers. You just ran out of excuses. Build that app you keep talking about. WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND Undercover Adele Wins An Adele Impersonator Contest, And Other News digg.com ...And the content kept on coming like the turkeys kept trotting this weekend, both towards their twin fates of consumption. Catch it all with What You Missed This Weekend. THEIR FIRST HACK WEEK Going Inside The Sony Hack, One Year Later slate.com What it was like to be a rank-and-file Sony employee as the unprecedented cyber-attack tore the company apart. WHAT IS THIS? A CENTER FOR ANTS? How To Store Human Knowledge For An Eternity bbc.com Where and how should we store humanity's knowledge for posterity? Two scientists in Zurich believe that they've found the answer. Get more stories on Digg.com TIME TO MAKE SNOW (TIANAN)MEN ​A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands on duty as heavy snow falls near a portrait of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015. China's meteorological authority forecasted heavy snow and snowstorm in northern China over the weekend. Credit: AP Photo/Ng Han Guan Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 29 Little West 12th Street, NY, NY 10014

*Crickets*

World Record Slackline Run Will Leave Your Palms Sweaty, So, Uh, Here's An Absolutely Insane Goal Scored By The Wind, You've Got A Lot Of Devices. Why Not Charge Them All At Once?, Some Men Just Want To Watch The Fall Burn, 64-Year-Old Man Gets A Muscle Up Response From Conor McGregor, So Longboard Dancing Is A Thing That Is Very Cool The Daily Digg Sunday, November 22, 2015 DON'T LOOK DOWN World Record Slackline Run Will Leave Your Palms Sweaty digg.com Never before have we *wanted* something to be fake, strictly out of concern. Because walking across a 500 meter rope tied between two rock formations in the Utah Desert is anything but safe. OR AN ACT OF GOD? So, Uh, Here's An Absolutely Insane Goal Scored By The Wind digg.com Generally, when the soccer ball goes into the goal, it's because it was kicked or headed in the direction of the goal. Not because a gust of wind decided to blow it halfway across the field. DIGG STORE You've Got A Lot Of Devices. Why Not Charge Them All At Once? store.digg.com All you need is one outlet to charge up to five devices...at once...anywhere in the world. Twenty-first century travel just got way easier. OR EXPLODE, AS IT WERE Some Men Just Want To Watch The Fall Burn digg.com It's Fall, and that means lots crisp leaves on the ground that you have to begrudgingly rake up later... or find other means to dispose of. THE DAD THAT CAN BEAT UP YOUR DAD 64-Year-Old Man Gets A Muscle Up Response From Conor McGregor digg.com Conor seems like... a really nice guy? SHUFFLE, BOARD So Longboard Dancing Is A Thing That Is Very Cool digg.com You know what's lame about this? Nothing. Get more stories on Digg.com LIFE AS MR. FIXIT The week's best short film is "Jiminy," a thought-provoking sci-fi that makes good use of a tight budget to ask us questions about how far we're willing to let technology take away our power of choice. Credit: 3iS Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 29 Little West 12th Street, NY, NY 10014