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What If A City Decides It Can Live Without A Freeway?

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What If A City Decides It Can Live Without A Freeway? Inside the push to tear down an Oakland freeway. April 18, 2019 at 10:10PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2Gx45bG

Make Your Toilet Bowl A Disco And Kill Bacteria

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Make Your Toilet Bowl A Disco And Kill Bacteria Forget fumbling around in the middle of the night searching for your bathroom light: this IllumiBowl Germ Defense Toilet Night Light automatically lights up with the motion sensor trigger. Set it to the color of your choice or have them rotate — added bonus: it fights bacteria with a special light. April 18, 2019 at 09:45PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2IIS6t4

How Jimmy Buffet Accidentally Charted A Course From Margaritaville To Corona To LandShark Lager

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How Jimmy Buffet Accidentally Charted A Course From Margaritaville To Corona To LandShark Lager Thanks to Jimmy Buffett’s devoted fan base, despite its dismal reviews Landshark Lager sells close to 4 million cases a year in America, which makes it a better seller at retail than Guinness. April 18, 2019 at 09:35PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2PjB0TJ

Apple Owes Everyone An Apology And It Should Start With Me, Specifically

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Apple Owes Everyone An Apology And It Should Start With Me, Specifically Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to substantially admit that it has made a very big mistake. April 18, 2019 at 09:15PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2Ph7AFI

Man Discovers A Hot Noodle Soup Vending Machine And Has The Time Of His Life

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Man Discovers A Hot Noodle Soup Vending Machine And Has The Time Of His Life You don't love anything as much as this YouTuber loves this hot soup vending machine in Japan. April 18, 2019 at 09:05PM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_source=ifttt&v=9_PiLwxl91s

I Tweeted Like a Member of the #Resistance On Mueller Report Day

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I Tweeted Like a Member of the #Resistance On Mueller Report Day Today was destined to be a spectacular disaster. So, I decided to make a fake #Resistance account and see if I could capitalize on the release of the report by gaining followers and praise. April 18, 2019 at 09:00PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2IrZUQz

Every Three Minutes, An Earthquake Strikes In California

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Every Three Minutes, An Earthquake Strikes In California By the time you finish reading this article, two earthquakes will likely have rippled through Southern California. April 18, 2019 at 07:01PM Continue: https://on.natgeo.com/2UsAJ1I

U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Weren't Built for Climate Change

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U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Weren't Built for Climate Change According to a Bloomberg review of correspondence between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and plant owners, 54 of the nuclear plants operating in the U.S. weren’t designed to handle the flood risk they face. April 18, 2019 at 06:56PM Continue: https://bloom.bg/2ItuJnE

This New Species Of Ancient Carnivore Was Bigger Than A Polar Bear

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This New Species Of Ancient Carnivore Was Bigger Than A Polar Bear About 22 million years ago, Simbakubwa was a fierce predator that “had lots of blades,” paleontologists report. April 18, 2019 at 06:20PM Continue: https://on.natgeo.com/2ZotDz9

The Future of Wearable Tech Is Called a Hearing Aid

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The Future of Wearable Tech Is Called a Hearing Aid Even if your ears are fine, you might want a device that translates 27 languages, tracks fitness, and monitors vital signs. April 18, 2019 at 06:06PM Continue: https://bloom.bg/2Xsqnkp

Michelin restaurants and fabulous wines: Inside the secret team dinners that have built the Spurs' dynasty

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Michelin restaurants and fabulous wines: Inside the secret team dinners that have built the Spurs' dynasty As absurd as it seems, one of the greatest basketball coaches in history might be more revered in the culinary world. April 18, 2019 at 04:55PM Continue: https://es.pn/2GtzZFU

High Schoolers Are Inviting Thousands Of Strangers To Watch As They Get Into College — And Get Rejected

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High Schoolers Are Inviting Thousands Of Strangers To Watch As They Get Into College — And Get Rejected Abby Ohlheiser goes down the rabbit hole of college decision reaction videos in the aftermath of the college admissions scandal and finds a world where kids are teaching each other how to handle and contextualize rejection. April 18, 2019 at 03:31PM Continue: https://wapo.st/2UH85ii

The Persistent Myth Of Finding Love On A Plane

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The Persistent Myth Of Finding Love On A Plane Why do cramped seats, gross food, and no personal space make us think of … romance? April 18, 2019 at 02:56PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2IuiveS

One Of The Game Boy's Weirdest Games Was A Pokémon Clone With Infrared Trading

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One Of The Game Boy's Weirdest Games Was A Pokémon Clone With Infrared Trading Behind the bizarre history of Hudson Soft’s GB Kiss system. April 18, 2019 at 02:31PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2Gkkoaq

Move Over, San Andreas: There’s An Ominous New Fault In Town

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Move Over, San Andreas: There’s An Ominous New Fault In Town An emerging fault system along the Nevada border is shaking up the tech industry's latest frontier — and only a small group of scientists is paying attention. April 18, 2019 at 02:26PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2Gqm1TJ

Trevor Noah Interviews Lizzo, Who Turns Around And Makes Him Twerk In A Suit

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Trevor Noah Interviews Lizzo, Who Turns Around And Makes Him Twerk In A Suit Pop R&B star Lizzo is here to bring cool gospel music to "The Daily Show," which means it's time for Trevor Noah to learn to twerk. April 18, 2019 at 02:16PM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_source=ifttt&v=UAbL0S4trLU

Conan Goes To Australia To Pick Up Some Slang From Down Under

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Conan Goes To Australia To Pick Up Some Slang From Down Under Hugh Jackman told Conan to go to Australia, so that's what he did and now he can speak Australian. April 18, 2019 at 02:06PM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_source=ifttt&v=L94M4xQcPYk

How Instagram Ruined the Great Outdoors

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How Instagram Ruined the Great Outdoors Social media influencers have helped turn public lands into tourist-infested swamps. And one cantankerous man is fighting back. April 18, 2019 at 02:06PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2V8w4X1

Big Bets and a Fast Buzzer: The Secret Sauce of James Holzhauer's 'Jeopardy!' Success

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Big Bets and a Fast Buzzer: The Secret Sauce of James Holzhauer's 'Jeopardy!' Success The quiz show's reigning champ set a one-day record for winnings Wednesday with $131,127. The 34-year-old is brilliant and keen on big bets, sure. He's also boxing out competitors almost every time he rings in. April 18, 2019 at 01:51PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2KKzZoV

The Long, Strange History of Cargo Cults

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The Long, Strange History of Cargo Cults One day in 1900 or 1940, or at some point in between, a man whose name was John Frum—although he might not have been a man, and his name might not have been John Frum—arrived on Tanna island, in an archipelago that was then called the New Hebrides but is now called the Republic of Vanuatu. April 18, 2019 at 12:55PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2GsHc8Y

Secrecy, Self-Dealing, And Greed At The NRA

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Secrecy, Self-Dealing, And Greed At The NRA The organization’s leadership is focused on external threats, but the real crisis is of its own making. April 18, 2019 at 12:40PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2GklGC9