How Humans Turned A Chatbot Into A Holocaust Denier And Other Facts

Humans Turned A Chatbot Into A Holocaust Denier And Other Facts, How A Pile Of Muddy Bones Uncovered A Bronze-Age Slaughter, Meet The Robot That Helps You Invest Your Money, The Food Industrial Complex, What's The Point Of That Weird Minimalist Art?, How Your Favorite Songs End Up In Commercials The Daily Digg Friday, March 25, 2016 WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Humans Turned A Chatbot Into A Holocaust Denier 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: Twitter ruins yet another thing, the engineers of terrorism and lighting thousands of matches all at once. SKELETON KEYS How A Pile Of Muddy Bones Uncovered A Bronze-Age Slaughter science.sciencemag.org About 3,200 years ago, two armies clashed at a river crossing near the Baltic Sea. The epic confrontation can't be found in any history books because it was only discovered in bones 20 years ago. ROBOTS WE DIGG SPONSORED Meet The Robot That Helps You Invest Your Money lendingrobot.com The first robo-advisor for peer lending, LendingRobot automates investments to help you get better diversification and kick-ass returns. EAT THE RICH The Food Industrial Complex priceonomics.com American farmers receive billions of dollars from Uncle Sam every year. So why is the "food lobby" synonymous with unhealthy food? TAKING ART TO THE MIN What's The Point Of That Weird Minimalist Art? digg.com Minimalist art is notoriously confusing. What are all of those shapes supposed to mean anyways? Let this video explain. A COMMERCIAL SUCCESS How Your Favorite Songs End Up In Commercials npr.org Over the past few years, pop songs have come to play so consistently in advertising that there are smartphone apps designed to listen and help you name that tune, and the word "sellout" has lost a lot of its bite. Get more stories on Digg.com MY LITTLE PURIM Israeli girls prepare for the Purim parade festival in Petah Tikva, Israel. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther. Credit: AP Photo/Oded Balilty Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002