White Men *Can* Jump

Where Did The Cocktail Come From?, The Way They Park Bicycles In Japan Is Awesome, The Experiment That Changed Superheroes Forever, Being 5'9'' Doesn't Stop This Guy From Dunking Over A Dude Sitting On Another Dude's Shoulders, The World's A Lot More Violent Than Reported, Why Mobile Calls Are Still Subpar, And How That's Changing The Daily Digg Tuesday, May 26, 2015 SHOULD YOU SHAKE IT OR STIR? Where Did The Cocktail Come From? digg.com In addition to its peculiar history as a medicinal tonic, plenty of hard science lies behind the perfect cocktail, from the relationship between taste perception and temperature to the all-important decision of whether to shake or stir. WHEELIE COOL The Way They Park Bicycles In Japan Is Awesome digg.com Forget chaining your ride to a parking meter. This intricate underground system puts all of that to shame. THE SECRET HISTORY OF ULTIMATE MARVEL The Experiment That Changed Superheroes Forever vulture.com It was a compendium of stories that saved the company that launched it, revolutionized the comics medium, and became the foundation of the multi-billion-dollar Marvel cinematic empire. PEOPLE NOT WEARING A TRENCH COAT Being 5'9'' Doesn't Stop This Guy From Dunking Over A Dude Sitting On Another Dude's Shoulders digg.com Ilya Kroshka, a 20-year-old Ukrainian man, shows off his skills and proves once and for all that white men can jump. A NEW HISTORY OF VIOLENCE The World's A Lot More Violent Than Reported historynewsnetwork.org It has a dreary name: "On the tail risk of violent conflict and its underestimation." But this new paper by social scientists Pasquale Cirillo and Nassim Nicholas Taleb could rewrite the history of violence. IDLE CHATTER Why Mobile Calls Are Still Subpar, And How That's Changing technologyreview.com Wireless companies and a few ambitious startups are racing to make your cell-phone calls better. Get more stories on Digg.com → BORING BUDDHA BIRTHDAY A shaven-headed young boy yawns during a special service to celebrate the 2,559th birthday of Buddha at the Chogye Temple in Seoul, Monday, May 25, 2015. Buddhists prayed for the unification between South and North Korea at the service. 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. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014