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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: We haven't forgotten about the dang alien alloys, the video game industry needs to unionize and why cutting up your brand new tires is a bad idea.

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WHERE'D YA COME FROM? WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK In Case You Forgot, Aliens Definitely Exist, 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: We haven't forgotten about the dang alien alloys, the video game industry needs to unionize and why cutting up your brand new tires is a bad idea. WELCOME TO BIKE HELL Astonishing Pictures Of The Bike-Share Oversupply In China theatlantic.com Last year, bike sharing took off in China, with dozens of bike-share companies quickly flooding city streets with millions of brightly colored rental bicycles. Unfortunately, it took off too quickly. THE ORIGINAL RIDE SHARE On The Road With The World's Greatest Hitchhiker nytimes.com People generally believe hitching takes no particular know-how, but it takes a tremendous amount of skill to travel quickly, safely and in the right direction like Juan Villarino. SALES WE DIGG | SPONSORED Now Is A Particularly Good Time To Get A New Mattress mattressfirm.com Right now you can get the lowest monthly payments (starting at $9/month) and the longest interest-free financing (up to 6 years) on the widest range of famous name brands like Beautyrest, Serta and Tulo. THE BUCK STOPS HERE IT'S WALMART'S WORLD, WE JUST LIVE IN IT The Highest Earning Company In Each State, Mapped digg.com Each state is sized to reflect the revenue of its largest company — and, as you can see, Arkansas is more than twice as big as any other state. HUAWEI'S GONNA GET YA Why America Is So Scared Of China's Biggest Tech Company bloomberg.com U.S. politicians are convinced the company is a threat to national security. PLUMBING THE DEPTHS 'The Stench Of It Stays With Everybody': Inside The Super Mario Bros Movie theguardian.com In 1993, the makers of The Killing Fields and Chariots of Fire bought the film rights to the world's biggest video game. The result was a commercial disaster. But that's only part of the story CASHING OUT The Last Resort longreads.com Private clinics in Germany sell cancer patients hope — and mixed results — at exorbitant prices. VIDEO OF THE DAY MARCH MADNESS IN BRAZIL This Is The Most Perfectly Executed Intentional Free Throw Miss We've Ever Seen digg.com Down three with seconds left, Brazilian pro player Paulinho Boracini somehow turned a 3-point deficit into a 1-point win. IN THE NEWS HR McMaster To Resign As National Security Adviser, To Be Replaced By John Bolton The Annual Ranking Of States' Well-Being Is In, And Everyone Felt Terrible In 2017 Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower: I Wanted To 'Build The NSA's Wet Dream' Senate Passes $1.3 Trillion Government Spending Deal To Avert Shutdown Lone DNC Hacker Guccifer 2.0 Slipped Up And Revealed He Was A Russian Intelligence Officer DIGG PICKS The Best Power Strip For Frequent Flyers amazon.com Inevitably, the one available outlet will be located in the most inconvenient location possible. This portable power strip gives you enough outlets to charge all your devices and has a 5-foot cord so you can reach it from wherever you're sitting. We're happy that you (and aliens) exist. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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