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This Game Is Spookier Than We Expected

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This Game Is Spookier Than We Expected Share a creepy good time with your friends with "Betrayal At House On The Hill." With numerous scenarios to choose from, and a layout that changes with each session, this eerie board game holds up well to multiple play-throughs. August 16, 2019 at 07:19PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2KRF4IR

Greenlanders Mock Reports That Trump Wants To Buy Greenland

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Greenlanders Mock Reports That Trump Wants To Buy Greenland "I think we take it as a sick joke by a crazy president," a Greenland resident said. August 16, 2019 at 06:39PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2z52Z24

I Survived 15 Days Adrift On A Raft

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I Survived 15 Days Adrift On A Raft A gunner drank seawater and he went daft and swam away. A third officer shouted for his mother and went over the side August 16, 2019 at 06:39PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2OW407o

Chill Pill Wool

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Chill Pill Wool August 16, 2019 at 06:29PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2YRWVJD

Digg Deals: Save Big On Back To School Gear

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Digg Deals: Save Big On Back To School Gear Stocking up on supplies for the new school year? Keep more money in your wallet when you take advantage of these limited-time discounts on Amazon. August 16, 2019 at 06:29PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2NarnHQ

Stand While You Work Anywhere With This Adjustable Desk Riser

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Stand While You Work Anywhere With This Adjustable Desk Riser They say sitting is the new smoking, but it can be hard to convince your boss to invest in standing desks. This WOM Height Adjustable Tabletop Standing Desk Converter helps you seamlessly transition between sitting and standing while you work — and can be placed on top of any desk, anywhere. August 16, 2019 at 06:24PM Continue: https://ift.tt/30jd5sp

Save 50% On This Advanced Antivirus That Uses Cutting-Edge AI

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Save 50% On This Advanced Antivirus That Uses Cutting-Edge AI Protect your computer with this Cylance Smart Antivirus: 2-Yr Subscription: it takes a proactive approach by using machine learning to predict and prevent cyber-attacks before you get infected (and it's too late). Save 50% off and subscribe for just $29. August 16, 2019 at 06:24PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Z5loul

Furniture Restorer Finds A Mid-Century End Table In Truly Terrible Shape And Restores It To Perfection

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Furniture Restorer Finds A Mid-Century End Table In Truly Terrible Shape And Restores It To Perfection From ink-stained and gouged with holes to looking like something you'd see in a store. August 16, 2019 at 06:04PM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_source=ifttt&v=eXadfZ3CYJw

FDA Previews Some Extremely Gross Warning Labels For Cigarettes

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FDA Previews Some Extremely Gross Warning Labels For Cigarettes For years, American smokers have been spared the unpleasant images of gangrene infected feet, swollen tongues overtaken by cancerous tumors and blackened lungs that are often plastered onto packs of cigarettes sold around the world. But that momentary reprieve before lighting up may only last a few more years. August 16, 2019 at 05:19PM Continue: https://ift.tt/31LWCxc

The Double-Edged Sword Of The Shorter Workweek

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The Double-Edged Sword Of The Shorter Workweek With less work to go around, will people twiddle their thumbs or find better things to do with their time? August 16, 2019 at 04:59PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2P2MONy

A French Chateau Hoarding the World’s Largest Private Collection of Fighter Jets

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A French Chateau Hoarding the World’s Largest Private Collection of Fighter Jets At no other chateau in all of France will you find a Soviet helicopter parked on the back lawn. August 16, 2019 at 04:54PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Z8jMft

Was Napoleon The Greatest Film Never Made?

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Was Napoleon The Greatest Film Never Made? Stanley Kubrick's biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte is regularly hailed by critics as the most tantalizing unfinished picture of all time. August 16, 2019 at 04:19PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2KEYVfM

Neuroscientists Make Major Breakthrough In 200-Year-Old Puzzle

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Neuroscientists Make Major Breakthrough In 200-Year-Old Puzzle Weber's law is the most firmly established rule of psychophysics — the science that relates the strength of physical stimuli to the sensations of the mind. Despite being almost 200 years old, no clear way has been found to select among its many proposed explanations. August 16, 2019 at 03:59PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2KNeUqR

How a Single Pair of Sneakers Explains the Booming Billion-Dollar Sneaker Resale Industry

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How a Single Pair of Sneakers Explains the Booming Billion-Dollar Sneaker Resale Industry Inside the wild, shockingly lucrative world of sneaker reselling. August 16, 2019 at 03:34PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Z9Z3rA

UPS Has Been Quietly Delivering Cargo Using Self-Driving Trucks

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UPS Has Been Quietly Delivering Cargo Using Self-Driving Trucks The delivery giant has announced a minority stake in autonomous trucking startup TuSimple August 16, 2019 at 03:09PM Continue: https://ift.tt/30a7Hrh

The Smartphone, Except Landlocked

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The Smartphone, Except Landlocked Before the smartphone fit in your pocket, it sat on your desk — and sometimes, it was even called an iPhone. Let’s check out a few landline smartphones. August 16, 2019 at 03:05PM Continue: https://ift.tt/31AYkkO

The Future Of The Global Shipping Industry Is... Bikes

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The Future Of The Global Shipping Industry Is... Bikes This cute cargo e-bike is the latest experiment from delivery companies to utilize the air, the sidewalk, and the bike lane — anything but the street itself — to get packages to you faster. August 16, 2019 at 02:59PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2TAUN3f

Could Iron Replace Lithium in Batteries?

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Could Iron Replace Lithium in Batteries? Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have come up with what could be a possible replacement: a rechargeable iron ion battery that uses mild steel as the anode. August 16, 2019 at 02:54PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2z3ybPf

When Your Rapist Demands Custody

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When Your Rapist Demands Custody More states are banning abortion without exceptions for rape. But what happens to women who must carry their pregnancies to term? August 16, 2019 at 02:51PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2H8kfYA

When Disney imagineered a $2.5 billion town

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When Disney imagineered a $2.5 billion town In the 1990s, Disney moved beyond the realm of fantasy and cooked up a plan for an actual town for actual people, where the Disney dream didn’t shut down every night: Celebration, Florida. August 16, 2019 at 02:34PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2YQCpsR