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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: The NFL doesn't care about football, the woman behind the best internet comment ever and why the Nintendo 64 rules.

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GOING ALL IN WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Money Has Ruined The NFL, 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: The NFL doesn't care about football, the woman behind the best internet comment ever and why the Nintendo 64 rules. NO DORM, NO HOME The College Try story.californiasunday.com Liz Waite and Kersheral Jessup couldn't afford a higher education, let alone rent. But they worked and scrounged and slept on couches to put themselves through school. Will their degrees be worth it? 'HOTCHICKENFRICATION' The Nashville Hot Chicken Gold Rush eater.com Hot chicken was the Prince family legacy — then Nashville transformed it into an icon, and now everybody wants a piece. BRUSHES WE DIGG | SPONSORED The Internet Is Obsessed With This Electric Toothbrush getquip.com quip helps you brush better, from $25. Timed vibrating bristles guide your routine, a travel case doubles as a wireless mirror mount, and fresh brush heads are automatically delivered every 3 months. OUTER LIMITS WOW Cassini's Final Full Image Of Saturn Before It Destroyed Itself Is Breathtaking digg.com Cassini captured a number of images as it plunged to its death on Saturn, but this full view of the planet is the most stunning NICE MOVES A High-End Mover Dishes On Truckstop Hierarchy And Rich People longreads.com I can make $250,000 a year doing what is called high-end executive relocation. No U-Hauls for me, thank you very much. I'll take the movie stars, the ambassadors, the corporate bigwigs. A HOBBIT'S TALE, AND A HUMAN ONE There And Back Again theatlantic.com What JRR Tolkien's classic "The Hobbit" still has to offer, 80 years after its publication THEY'RE BAD? What The 19 Movies To Ever Receive An 'F' CinemaScore Have In Common vulture.com Last weekend, Darren Aronofsky's "Mother!" divided critics, audiences, and Jennifer Lawrence's diaphragm. But in the process, it also joined one of the most select clubs in Hollywood: the list of movies that have earned an F from CinemaScore. VIDEO OF THE DAY YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER PONCHO Train Blasts Through Flooded Subway Stop, Smashes A Sheet Of Water Into Everyone digg.com Remember the train that covered everyone on the Amtrak platform with snow? This Mumbai train is just like that, except with gross subway water. IN THE NEWS Uber Loses Its License To Operate In London Kim Jong Un Calls Trump A 'Mentally Deranged US Dotard' What You Should Read To Understand The Republicans' Latest Attempt To Repeal Obamacare Liliane Bettencourt, L'Oréal Heiress And World's Richest Woman, Dies At 94 Facebook To Turn Over Russian-Linked Ads To Congress BRUSHES WE DIGG | SPONSORED This Electric Toothbrush Just Might Change Your Life getquip.com Quip has elevated dental hygiene to something you actually enjoy — with timed vibrating bristles, travel-ready design and new brush heads delivered every 3 months. Hopefully your final commutes of the week are quick, easy and dry. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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