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​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: You can actually pay employees too much, the '80s had just as much trash tech as today and the secret history of the "No Stairway" gag from "Wayne's World."

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THE GOING RATE WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK You Can Actually Pay People Too Much, 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: You can actually pay employees too much, the '80s had just as much trash tech as today and the secret history of the "No Stairway" gag from "Wayne's World." WAY TO GO, PHARMACISTS? Which College Degrees Produce The Most (And Least) Financially Responsible Students? priceonomics.com Different degrees certainly lead to different career paths and income levels, but what about financial responsibility and credit scores? SO MANY ZEROS How To Make Sense Of Extreme Numbers nautil.us Our brains are pretty good at distinguishing the size of the difference between small numbers (2,000, for instance) and big ones (let's say, 500 million). But we have real trouble figuring out the distance between two big numbers (like 50 billion and 1 trillion). Why? TRACKERS WE DIGG | SPONSORED Never Lose Your Keys Again thetileapp.com Tile is a tiny Bluetooth tracker and easy-to-use app that helps you find the stuff you really can't afford to lose (wallets, bags, keys, etc.) in seconds. Grab their four-pack of trackers and get 30% off your order. WE'VE COME A LONG WAY ALMOST AS WEIRD AS NEW YORK NOW Unearthed Photos From New York's Insane And Weird '90's Club Scene buzzfeed.com A look back at NYC's wildest clubs of the 1990s. STOP KILLING BUFFALO The Forgotten History Of 'The Oregon Trail,' As Told By Its Creators motherboard.vice.com You must always caulk the wagon. Never ford the river. SO SAD EVERY DAY How Early 2000s Emo Became A Subject Of Scorn And Salvation consequenceofsound.net Emo music has been the on-and-off subject of ridicule ever since it broke out into the mainstream 15 years ago. A GOOD PLACE TO SPEND THE APOCALYPSE How New Zealand Became A Billionaires' Paradise theguardian.com Gearing up for potential catastrophe, billionaires are looking for out-of-the-way places to ride out the storm — and many of them have settled on rural New Zealand. BEST/WORST FOUR PAWS, INFINITE POSSIBILITIES Happy Friday: Can Someone Please Tell Us What This Is? digg.com Is it a dog? Is it a bear? Both? Neither? Somebody help, please. WORST ELM Why Does This One Couch From West Elm Suck So Much? theawl.com Comparing notes with other unsatisfied owners of the Peggy sofa. VIDEO OF THE DAY THAR SHE BLOWS Holy Cow, Look At This Crazy Wind digg.com A woman captured this insane, tree-bending bout of wind during a storm (and possible tornado) in North Carolina earlier this week. IN THE NEWS Trump Forced Chris Christie To Order Meatloaf, And Other Trump News From Today Robert Harward Turns Down Trump's Offer To Be National Security Adviser Thimble Piece Voted Out Of Monopoly ICYMI: Highlights From Donald Trump's Incredible Press Conference Yesterday FROM THE DIGG STORE Seriously, Don't Go Online Without A VPN digg.com But only if you're serious about avoiding hackers, not getting all your data stolen, and staying safe on the internet. What is Friday but a tiny obstacle to the weekend? You're almost there. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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