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PUTTING IT INTO PERSPECTIVE WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK You Can Buy Stuff In Stores And Sell It At A Profit Online, 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 internet makes retail arbitrage profitable, the economy can't grow forever and the one company trying to beat Google at their own game. 'YOU CAN FEEL SO SMALL' Reflections On Antarctica, From The Men Who Crossed It Alone nytimes.com Colin O'Brady and Louis Rudd spent almost two months racing across Antarctica, a journey that killed an explorer who attempted it in 2016. Back in warmer climes, they spoke about the race of a lifetime. SIZE REALLY DOES MATTER This $350 Mini-Smartphone Helped Cure My Digital Distraction fastcompany.com For all I knew, maybe a shrink-rayed smartphone really would cut down on my mindless usage. To my great surprise, it did. JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED The Highest-Paying Job In Each State, Mapped digg.com While the highest-paid occupation differs from state to state, one thing is clear: if you want to earn a lot of money, being a doctor really pays. THERAPY WE DIGG | SPONSORED An Easier Way To Get The Therapy You Need (And Can Afford) betterhelp.com Betterhelp.com connects you with a professional therapist in under 24 hours. Anything you share is confidential. You can schedule secure video or phone sessions plus get unlimited messaging with your therapist. CRIME AND... SOMETHING I GUESS CORN RUINS EVERYTHING AROUND ME Is Corn The Worst Food Allergy? theatlantic.com When Christine Robinson was first diagnosed with a corn allergy 17 years ago, she remembers thinking, "No more popcorn, no more tacos. I can do this." Then she tried to put salt on her tomatoes. WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE? Death On Demand: Has Euthanasia Gone Too Far? theguardian.com Countries around the world are making it easier to choose the time and manner of your death. But doctors in the world's euthanasia capital are starting to worry about the consequences FIGHTING FOR INFLUENCE Hacked Instagram Influencers Rely On White-Hat Hackers To Get Their Accounts Back motherboard.vice.com Leaked internal documents and stories from influencers show that Instagram has an influencer-hacking problem. VIDEO OF THE DAY ABOVE AND BEYOND Mailman Figures Out A Smart Way To Defeat Package Thieves digg.com A conscientious mailman + a smart doorbell + a recycling bin = packages that won't get stolen. IN THE NEWS President Trump Directed Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project Lawmakers Vow To Investigate Evidence That Trump Told His Lawyer To Lie To Congress Beloved Poet Mary Oliver, Who Believed Poetry 'Mustn't Be Fancy,' Dies At 83 It Sure Looks Like Facebook Employees Are Leaving Five-Star Reviews For The Facebook Portal On Amazon DIGG PICKS Learn To Play The Guitar (For Real) With Fender Play fender.com Get your first two weeks free, plus unlimited 10% off Fender gear. Well... we're in for an interesting week/month/year. Get some rest this weekend if you can. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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