I Punched A Shark

I Punched A Shark, Inside Big Safari, The Air Force's Top-Secret Spy Agency, Dots Has Gone Over To The Dark Side, The Church Of The Jedi, Just How Much Candy Will Be Consumed On Halloween? The Daily Digg Thursday, October 31, 2013 UNFORTUNATELY, WAS NOT A HAMMER HEAD I Punched A Shark discovermagazine.com A marine biologist recalls a jarring underwater confrontation. THE COLONEL AND HIS LABYRINTH Inside Big Safari, The Air Force's Top-Secret Spy Agency vocativ.com The man on the other line didn't seem happy. "We are a secretive and shadowy organization that has been in existence for over 60 years," he said. The man's name is Col. Edward Topps. He's the leader of a mysterious Air Force agency known as "Big Safari." APPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Dots Has Gone Over To The Dark Side dts.io It is useless to resist. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE The Church Of The Jedi details.com In the years after the first 'Star Wars' trilogy, a group of dedicated followers built their own religion: Jediism. Facing persecution and ridicule, tens of thousands of faithful believe in the power of the Force and adhere to the Jedi Code, much as Obi-Wan and Yoda did. SAFE TO SAY THE CANDY WILL BE CRUSHED Just How Much Candy Will Be Consumed On Halloween? elitedaily.com About 4% of all candy consumed in America each year occurs on Halloween, according to a new report. Read more on Digg.com → SAFE Boston Red Sox Jonny Gomes (R) slides in safe at home under the tag by St. Louis Cardinals Yadier Molina after a three RBI double by Sox Shane Victorino in the third inning of game six of the World Series at Fenway Park in Boston on October 30, 2013. Home plate umpire Jim Joyce and Red Sox teammates make the call. Credit: KEVIN DIETSCH/UPI/Newscom Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

The Most Honored Photograph

Xbox One Vs. PS4: Which Has The Better Graphics?, The Most Honored Photograph, What Makes A Kid Extra Greedy On Halloween?, Nokia Phone Lost Underwater For 3 Months, Still Works, 6 Ridiculous Science Myths You Learned In Kindergarden The Daily Digg Wednesday, October 30, 2013 FAN BOYS ASSEMBLE Xbox One Vs. PS4: Which Has The Better Graphics? kotaku.com Although one console will technically come out on top, it might not even matter which has better graphics performance. THE SCREWED UP PILOT The Most Honored Photograph petapixel.com Doesn't look like much, does it? But, depending upon your definition, this photograph, a team effort by nine men, is the most honored picture in U. S. History. DRAWING THE NEWS What Makes A Kid Extra Greedy On Halloween? readtapestry.com Kids who take way more candy than they're supposed to are the worst. Thankfully, psychologists have taken a stab at explaining this horrible Halloween behavior. SADLY, YOU STILL WON'T BUY ONE Nokia Phone Lost Underwater For 3 Months, Still Works timesofindia.indiatimes.com Nokia has a legacy of making durable handsets, from the old 3315 to the new Lumia range. A recent incident reinforces the belief that Nokia makes some of the most durable mobile phones in the market. YOUR WORLD IS A LIE 6 Ridiculous Science Myths You Learned In Kindergarden cracked.com Teachers are people, too, and people have this nasty tendency to occasionally lob whatever untruth comes flying at them right back at somebody else like a game of bullsh*t ping pong. Read more on Digg.com → DO DUCKS LIKE TO BE THROWN? A Palestinian boy plays with a duck near the house of Palestinian prisoner Omar Massud's family, held by Israel since 1993, prior to his release in Gaza City on October 29, 2013. Credit: TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Why Do Leaves Change Colors?

Why Do Leaves Turn Different Colors?, How Kentucky Built The Country's Best Obamacare Website, Hoard Everything Without The Shame, This Cellphone Stopped A Bullet, This Tiny Scrap Of Paper Is One Of The World's Rarest Gaming Collectibles The Daily Digg Tuesday, October 29, 2013 FOR YOUR PLEASURE Why Do Leaves Turn Different Colors? popsci.com The burning question of the season. SEE? IT CAN BE DONE How Kentucky Built The Country's Best Obamacare Website talkingpointsmemo.com Kentucky, with its deeply conservative congressional delegation, might seem like an unlikely place for Obamacare to find success. But Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear saw the law -- and a state-built marketplace -- as an opportunity to help put the state on a path to greater health. APPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Hoard Everything Without The Shame bitcasa.com You've got hundreds of photos on your computer and nowhere safe to keep them. Enter Bitcasa — they'll store your stuff even when you forget to back it up. It's like hoarding, but less messy. Oh, and use the code Digg10. You can thank us later. WHEN THE BULLET HITS THE PHONE This Cellphone Stopped A Bullet bigstory.ap.org Police say a cellphone saved a Florida gas station clerk from a robber's bullet. MOST EXPENSIVE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET EVER This Tiny Scrap Of Paper Is One Of The World's Rarest Gaming Collectibles wired.com A trip inside the National Museum of Play finds one of the most expensive games (and instruction booklets) on the planet. Read more on Digg.com → THEN TRIED PADDLING TO NEW ZEALAND Brazilian big wave surfer Carlos Burle rides wave in Nazare, central Portugal, on October 28, 2013, possibly setting a new world record. Credit: FRANCISCO LEONG/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

What's It Like To Hold A Human Brain?

How To Spy On An Embassy, One Of The Strangest Parasites Ever Recorded In An Animal, What Does It Feel Like To Hold A Human Brain?, The World's Most Subversive Soap Operas, The Curious Evolution Of The Sign Spinner The Daily Digg Monday, October 28, 2013 LISTENING IN How To Spy On An Embassy duncancampbell.org How embassy eavesdropping works. THE HEART EEL One Of The Strangest Parasites Ever Recorded In An Animal deepseanews.com It was a huge animal, nearly 900lbs, and during necropsy, as they say in the paper, they "were astonished to find two anguilliform fish in the lumen of the heart." AND OTHER QUESTIONS FROM SERIAL KILLERS What Does It Feel Like To Hold A Human Brain? blog.ketyov.com Heavier than I expected. MORE THAN JUST STORIES The World's Most Subversive Soap Operas thedailybeast.com From telenovelas about Latin America's missing girls to a series on conflict resolution in war-torn lands, soap operas are surreptitious agents of social change in the developing world. POSTER GUY OF ECONOMICS The Curious Evolution Of The Sign Spinner psmag.com Something so simple can tell us so much about who we value and why. Read more on Digg.com → REALLY COMMITTED TO THE ROLE One of the entrants in the Annual Tompkins Square Dog Run Halloween Parade held in Tompkins Square Park in New York City, Saturday, October 26, 2013. Credit: Jennifer Graylock/Sipa USA/Newscom Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Dude

You'll Need A Ph.D. To Fully Appreciate These 'Adult' Popsicles, Emoji Death Threats And Instagram's Codeine Kingpin, What Makes A Boomerang Come Back?, A Brief History Of 'Dude', Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Pictured At Wild High School Party The Daily Digg Friday, October 25, 2013 THE OTHER KIND OF ADULT POPSICLE You'll Need A Ph.D. To Fully Appreciate These 'Adult' Popsicles wired.com After three years in development, designer David Marx is debuting Kyl21, a vegan-friendly, alcohol-infused popsicle intended for adult partygoers. INSTAGRAM IS THE NEW SILK ROAD Emoji Death Threats And Instagram's Codeine Kingpin noisey.vice.com As I write this, a drug dealer wants me dead. It might be spelled out in Emoji, but a death threat's a death threat. TINY FRISBEES INSIDE What Makes A Boomerang Come Back? popsci.com The physics of boomerang flight. DUUUUDE A Brief History Of 'Dude' theatlantic.com What's a dude? AT LEAST CRASH A COLLEGE PARTY Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Pictured At Wild High School Party nationaljournal.com Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler is quite the party crasher. Read more on Digg.com → SOMEONE'S GOING TO PUT AN EYE OUT South Korean airforce honor guards perform during an airshow before the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition at a military air base in Cheongju. Credit: JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

DARPA Wants To Give You $2 Million

DARPA Will Give You $2 Million To Build Hacker-Proof Defense Software, How Young Is Too Young For Porn?, Russell Brand Ridicules Yet Another TV Anchor, Japan Successfully Builds Space Cannon, Plans To Blow Up Asteroid, What Actors Really Snort, Shoot, And Smoke On Set The Daily Digg Thursday, October 24, 2013 HOW DOES ONE PROOVE THIS? DARPA Will Give You $2 Million To Build Hacker-Proof Defense Software gizmodo.com Sometimes throwing money at problems works. As the Pentagon continues to struggle with cybersecurity, their sci-fi-like R&D department, DARPA, is ready to start writing checks. 18-YEAR-OLDS ARE IDIOTS How Young Is Too Young For Porn? dailydot.com A few weeks ago, adult film director Axel Braun announced he will no longer be casting actors under the age of 21, reigniting the debate as to whether 18 is too young to make the potentially life-altering decision of doing porn. WHEN WILL THEY LEARN? Russell Brand Ridicules Yet Another TV Anchor videos.digg.com Jeremy Paxman attempted to debate Russell Brand. It did not go well for Jeremy Paxman. GIANT ROBOTS WOULD HAVE WORKED TOO Japan Successfully Builds Space Cannon, Plans To Blow Up Asteroid geek.com The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will use the weapon to gather extensive data about the composition of asteroid 1999JU3 that could not be obtained by simply scanning the undisturbed surface. DIFFERENT FROM OFF SET What Actors Really Snort, Shoot, And Smoke On Set nypost.com If you've watched a character snorting a line or smoking a bong, you probably wondered to yourself, how does that work? How do the behind-the-scenes experts fake drug use? Read more on Digg.com → SAFE St. Louis Cardinals Shane Robinson slides safely in to third as Boston Red Sox 3B Xander Bogaerts makes the play in the fiifth inning of game one of the World Series at Fenway Park in Boston on October 23, 2013. Credit: KEVIN DIETSCH/UPI/Newscom Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014