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I WANT TO GO TO THERE WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Mars One Might Be A Scam, 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: Mars One is a scam, "Deep Space Nine" has a good baseball episode and the four-hour work week is a lie. HONKY TONK WOMEN How Nashville Became One Big Bachelorette Party buzzfeed.com Over the last decade, Nashville has become one of the nation's leading non-Vegas bachelorette party destinations. The bachelorettes are a vivid symbol of the city's rapid gentrification — and the pitfalls of a new, "experience"-driven brand of tourism. TABLE FOR WHO We Suck At Reservations grubstreet.com Inside the high-tech, high-stakes race to help restaurants manage us, the unruly and unreliable customers. STYLE WE DIGG ǀ SPONSORED Sometimes You Just Need A Damn Good Looking Pair Of Shoes acemarks.com Ace Marks is the #1 shoe campaign in Kickstarter history because their direct-to-consumer model allows their luxury Italian leather shoes, which would run you $600+ in the department store, cost less than $200. IN A BAD SPOT (IT WOULD BE REALLY BAD) This Nuclear Explosion Simulator Shows Just How Screwed We'd Be If Russia Dropped Another Tsar Bomba digg.com There's a new nuclear simulator on the internet, and it's here to emphasize just how awful a 50,000KT blast would be. BURNING QUESTIONS The FBI Agent Who Can't Stop Thinking About Waco texasmonthly.com A quarter century after 82 Branch Davidians and 4 federal officers died outside Waco, retired FBI agent Byron Sage still can't stop thinking — and arguing — about what happened. TESLA FOILED Things Are Not Looking Good For Tesla Right Now jalopnik.com As its stock nosedives and its credit gets downgraded, Tesla might finally be forced to ask itself: What if this, in fact, is entirely unsustainable? SHE IS EVERYONE'S MOM RN The Facebook/Cambridge Analytica Scandal, According To My Mom huffingtonpost.com Zuckerberg doesn't seem so nice after all, she says. "Not that I'd be upset if you married him." VIDEO OF THE DAY CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CHEETAH KIND African Safari Gets Awkward Super Fast When A Cheetah Suddenly Jumps Into The Car digg.com When the people on this safari signed up for getting closer to nature, they definitely didn't sign up for this. IN THE NEWS EPA Prepares To Roll Back Rules Requiring Cars To Be Cleaner And More Efficient California Judge Rules That Coffee Requires Cancer Warning Adnan Syed Wins Appeal For New Trial In Murder Case Made Famous By 'Serial' The Story Behind Sex-Slavery And Branding Cult Nxivm Keeps Getting Weirder Dept. Of Veterans Affairs Has Paid $8.7 Million In Sexual Harassment Settlements Since 1998 DIGG PICKS The One Umbrella That Will Convince You To Stop Buying Shitty Umbrellas Huckberry.com Unlike the $5 emergency umbrellas you're constantly buying and breaking, Blunt umbrellas won't blow out, give up or fly away. The Blunt Metro is designed to endure serious rain and wind while remaining small and portable. Just in time for April Showers Season. You may not get to go to Mars, but tomorrow is the weekend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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