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When Disney imagineered a $2.5 billion town

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When Disney imagineered a $2.5 billion town In the 1990s, Disney moved beyond the realm of fantasy and cooked up a plan for an actual town for actual people, where the Disney dream didn’t shut down every night: Celebration, Florida. August 16, 2019 at 04:54PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2YQCpsR

Why America Should Absolutely Buy Greenland

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Why America Should Absolutely Buy Greenland Never say that Donald Trump has no ideas. He's actually full of them, and many are interesting. August 16, 2019 at 09:59PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2KEwwq0

The Secret Club Inside Disneyland Where You Can Buy Booze

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The Secret Club Inside Disneyland Where You Can Buy Booze You *can* buy alcohol in Disneyland, it's just that the bar is hidden and costs an insane amount of money just for the right to enter. August 15, 2019 at 11:09PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2KC2WRO

A Walk In Hong Kong

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A Walk In Hong Kong This sounds like it shouldn't possibly work, but the protesters are too young to know that it can't work, so it works. August 16, 2019 at 12:32PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2Z6U0Mn

How a Single Pair of Sneakers Explains the Booming Billion-Dollar Sneaker Resale Industry

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How a Single Pair of Sneakers Explains the Booming Billion-Dollar Sneaker Resale Industry Inside the wild, shockingly lucrative world of sneaker reselling. August 16, 2019 at 03:49PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2Z9Z3rA

'I've Seen The Worst In Humanity': The Hard Reality Of Being A Brand Social Media Manager

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'I've Seen The Worst In Humanity': The Hard Reality Of Being A Brand Social Media Manager "The worst has to be death threats or threats of sexual violence with really graphic footage." August 16, 2019 at 01:03PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2Mi362X

Secrets And Lies In The School Cafeteria

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Secrets And Lies In The School Cafeteria A tale of missing money, heated lunchroom arguments and flaxseed pizza crusts. August 15, 2019 at 11:33PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2MjeuLZ

The Whistle-blower Who Got It Wrong

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The Whistle-blower Who Got It Wrong Six years ago, seven health care researchers were fired by the government in Canada for alleged misuse of data. They're still trying to understand what happened. August 16, 2019 at 04:09AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2N74Mw0

When Did Drive-Thrus Stop Being Convenient?

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When Did Drive-Thrus Stop Being Convenient? They are less efficient and more involved. What's the point? August 15, 2019 at 01:13PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2OXk3Sy

Michael Gandolfini Opens Up About The Difficult Decision To Portray Tony Soprano

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Michael Gandolfini Opens Up About The Difficult Decision To Portray Tony Soprano Before he became young Tony in "The Many Saints of Newark"—his film debut—the son of James sat down and watched The Sopranos for the first time. August 13, 2019 at 04:49PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2YI9zLj

Watching This Zombie Snail Get Taken Over By A Parasitic Worm Will Give You Night Terrors

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Watching This Zombie Snail Get Taken Over By A Parasitic Worm Will Give You Night Terrors No matter how bad your day is going, at least your body isn't being taken over by a parasitic worm. August 14, 2019 at 07:27PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2KHHDNS

Three Years Of Misery Inside Google

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Three Years Of Misery Inside Google Sexual harassment. Hate speech. Employee walkouts. The Silicon Valley giant is trapped in a war against itself. And there's no end in sight. August 13, 2019 at 11:08AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2OQbN6B

The Most Influential Homes In The History Of TV

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The Most Influential Homes In The History Of TV Since the earliest days of television, homes on the small screen — from the suburban ranch with its white picket fence to the loft with its views of the city skyline — have shaped our reality and our desires. August 15, 2019 at 11:09PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2YPGnCf

This Twitter Thread Of A User Interacting With Amazon's 'Fulfim

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This Twitter Thread Of A User Interacting With Amazon's 'Fulfim Amazon's "FC Ambassador" program is weird to begin with, but it got all the weirder on Wednesday, when Twitter user Diana Wilde responded to a tweet from Amazon offering tours of fulfillment centers August 15, 2019 at 04:42PM via Digg https://ift.tt/33Arsu5

This Beachgoer Discovers A Ghost Crab Buried In The Sand And Instantly Regrets Touching ItThis

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This Beachgoer Discovers A Ghost Crab Buried In The Sand And Instantly Regrets Touching ItThis A girl on TikTok learns the hard way not to disturb nature. August 14, 2019 at 04:37PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2KEz71O

My Best Friend And The New Kids On The Block, 30 Years Later

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My Best Friend And The New Kids On The Block, 30 Years Later I can attempt to explain, using human language, the extent to which Gretchen and I were fans of New Kids on the But it's the kind of thing best expressed in scream — specifically, the scream of a 13-year-old's terrifying nascent sexuality, sublimated in real time into something safe in its simultaneous unattainability and ubiquity. August 15, 2019 at 01:57AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2Hag0fo

Minneapolis Becomes The First Major American City To Ban New Drive-through Windows

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Minneapolis Becomes The First Major American City To Ban New Drive-through Windows Citing the climate benefits of taking cars off the road, the city council says no new facilities can be built. August 13, 2019 at 10:36AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2YWfFTD

Here's What A $110,000 Mini Looks Like

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Here's What A $110,000 Mini Looks Like The Mini Remastered, as it's called, is said to be the last word in classic Minis. And at nearly $110,000, it had better be. August 12, 2019 at 09:23PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2YLqAUU

A Bizarre Interview With Jeffrey Epstein's Bodyguard

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A Bizarre Interview With Jeffrey Epstein's Bodyguard The mysterious Russian MMA Igor Zinoviev fighter drew some attention from the media after Epstein’s arrest and indictment by federal authorities last month — but he has not made it easy for reporters to find him. August 14, 2019 at 11:06PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2yYeEjp

2°C: BEYOND THE LIMIT

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2°C: BEYOND THE LIMIT Global warming does not heat the world evenly. A Washington Post analysis of more than a century of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration temperature data across the Lower 48 states has found that major areas are nearing or have already crossed the critical 2-degree Celsius mark. August 13, 2019 at 03:49PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2yXZevg