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AND MAYBE SOME LUCK

Two Pilots Say They Can Find MH370. All They Need Is $5 Million

They don’t have any money to go search for themselves, and no clear plan for getting any. But there’s also reason to believe they’re right. Or, at least, to believe they’re right to think the official search is focused on the wrong place.

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THEY SWALLOW THE PILL, NOT THE KOOL-AID

Inside /r/RedPillWomen, The Community For Female Men's Rights Activists

8 diggs mic.com Internet Gender

On /r/RedPillWomen, which has almost 13,000 subscribers, such women have a safe space to share their views about feminism, which they almost uniformly believe has been a radical failure.

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'I CHOOSE VIOLENCE'

The 'Game Of Thrones' Season 6 Trailer Has Arrived

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Rather than the normal anger and action present in so much "Game of Thrones" scenes, this trailer is full of one emotion — sadness.

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GIGS WE DIGG ǀ SPONSORED

Gigster Is The Fastest Way To Go From Idea To App

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Building a meaningful business takes focus and a deep understanding of what’s important. Gigster dramatically reduces time to market by providing a managed team to build your products. Get a free quote to have a top team working in an hour.

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JUST INCREDIBLE

News Reporter Narrowly Escapes Car Crash

18 diggs Video News Video

On Tuesday morning, KTVU reporter Alex Savidge and camera man Vaughan Chip were covering a train derailment live on air when two cars collided right behind them. Somehow, the two newsman made it out unscathed, albeit dropping some understandable profanity in the process.

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THE ARTFUL VADER

'Star Wars,' As Imagined By The Comic World's Greatest Artists

0 diggs Polygon Art Entertainment Movies

In the early 1990s, The Topps Company asked some of the film and comic book industry's very best talent to create original works of art. Here are some of the best.

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EASY ON THE LUNGS

What It’s Like To Climb Mount Everest In Virtual Reality

0 diggs GQ Technology Nature

The day has arrived when the hardest physical challenge on Earth can be completed in an 8x10' room.

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HOLD YOUR BREATH

This New Sport Allows You To 'Fly' Underwater

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Subwing involves diving underwater and gripping onto a carbon fiber wing that is dragged behind a speedboat.

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SHARAPOV-WHA?

What Is Meldonium And Why Is It Banned?

4 diggs BuzzFeed Sports Drugs Explainer

Tennis player Maria Sharapova tested positive for the banned drug — but it’s not clear how much it really improves an athlete’s performance, anyway.

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A BOT NETWORK

Inside The World's First Gathering Of Real Life Cyborgs

16 diggs Technology Human Nature Long Reads Science

Frieda Klotz visited the 'world’s first cyborg fair' with one question: are cyborgs a real thing, or are these people just kidding themselves?

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TWO LIGHTSABERS UP

Killer 'Star Wars' Fan Film Gives Darth Maul The Spotlight He Deserves

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Is Darth Maul secretly the best "Star Wars" villain? This fan film — which features incredible makeup, costume design, visual effects, stunts and lightsaber fight scenes — makes a very strong case.

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GOTTA KEEP YOUR NINES CLOSE

Woodworker Whips Up A Beautiful Table With A Secret Compartment

3 diggs Video Design Curious How-To Video

Forget about the sweet secret compartments for a minute. In just about 12 minutes, YouTuber Dustin Penner goes from not having a table to having a table, and it's wild.

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A DIFFERENT VIEW FROM ABOVE

What It’s Like To Be That Fat Person Sitting Next To You On The Plane

5 diggs Medium Personal Essay Aviation

In that way, air travel is sadly familiar, a microcosm of what happens so often as a fat person. I am watched — and judged harshly — as I try — and fail — to fit into a space that was made for someone else.

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THE DIMENSION OF TIME'S BEEN ECLIPSED

Why This Week's Total Solar Eclipse Will End The Day Before It Begins

8 diggs The New York Times Space Science

On Wednesday, the moon will blot out the sun, creating a total solar eclipse that will darken the sky over parts of the western Pacific and Southeast Asia. The spectacle will begin on March 9 and finish on March 8. Yes, truly.

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YOU'RE OKAY BEHIND YOUR COMPUTER

Molten Salt + Water = Stand Back, For Your Safety

43 diggs Video Science Video

According to a Reddit commenter, what we're seeing here is the result of steam forming around the molten salt and superheating, causing a rapid increase in pressure and an explosion.

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GET ALL OF AMERICA ONLINE

Poor Americans Will Get $9 A Month To Buy Broadband Or Mobile Data

7 diggs Ars Technica Technology Internet Law News

The Federal Communications Commission will soon vote on a plan to give low-income Americans $9.25 a month to purchase home Internet service or cellular data. The plan would change the existing Lifeline program, which has provided phone subsidies since 1985, to focus on providing access to broadband.

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IT'S NOT PRETTY

The History Of Being Ugly

6 diggs aeon.co Histories Human Nature

The idea of ugliness has ancient roots, but does the concept's history give us a better understanding of what ugliness really is, or simply teach us that it doesn't really exist?

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THESE HORSES AREN'T ON FIRE

Badass Wild Horses Outrun Oklahoma Grass Fire

26 diggs Video Animals Video

Horses are awesome creatures. They're big, they're strong, and they're smart. Aerial video from the AP shows this pack of wild horses using their strength, speed and smarts to escape a wild grass fire.

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A PRIMER ON THE SECRET ECONOMY

Your Phone Was Made By Slaves

16 diggs blog.longreads.com Long Reads Nature Technology

On the new triangle trade, and the surprising connection between modern slavery and ecological disaster.

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THE LIST

When Kids Are Accused Of Sex Crimes

5 diggs The New Yorker Crime Law Long Reads

For people charged with misconduct at an early age — as young as nine or ten — the sex-offender registry can be a life sentence.

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FROM THE DIGG STORE

The Most Useful Key You’ll Own That Won’t Unlock A Thing

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But it will open boxes, pop tags, remove staples, peel vegetables, work as a screwdriver and wrench, and open, pop or cut just about anything else you need on the fly.

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JUST NOT WITH YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY #

When The Internet Asks You To Fill Out A Form, Do It

7 diggs New Republic Technology Internet

They’re a vestige of an Internet utopia that never came to be.

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NOT QUITE ROBIN HOOD

How Philanthropist David Rubenstein Helped Save A Tax Break Billionaires Love

3 diggs ProPublica Long Reads Law

A private equity mogul lauded for his patriotic donations has quietly worked to protect one source of his wealth — the carried-interest loophole.

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FROM HER ALBUM '151'

'We Could Have Caught Em All' Is the Pokémon-Adele Mashup You Always Wanted

7 diggs Video Internet Entertainment Music TV Video

First off, this mashup of "Rolling in the Deep" and the Pokemon theme song is the definition of music. Second, the artistry involved in putting Adele's face on all these pokemon is inspiring.

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BEYOND THE BEAT

This Interactive Website Features African-Americans Contributions To Music

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How did the music we listen to today come to be? Beyond the Beat explores the origins of music across all genres by celebrating the life and work of some of the world’s most influential African-American artists. Listen up and get to know some of the more obscure origins of the music you know and love.

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STILL NO GOOD ANSWERS

2 Years Ago Today, MH370 Disappeared With 239 People On Board

9 diggs ABCNews News Aviation

Investigators remain perplexed about what happened on the Boeing 777, which Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has said likely “ended” in the Indian Ocean. What he can’t say is how — or why — it got there.

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WOW, KETCHOWNED

This Is Not The Proper Use Of A Ketchup Bottle

10 diggs vine.co Video Food Funny Video

ClickHole got their hands on a ketchup bottle. You won't believe what happened next, but it'll surprise and amaze you.

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HOPE HE'S FEEING LUCKY

Google's AI Will Face Off Against Humanity's Best Go Player Tonight

7 diggs arstechnica.co.uk Technology Science

Late on Tuesday night, Google's DeepMind AI group will face down against one of the world's best human Go players, Lee Se-dol of South Korea.

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HOPING FOR SEA CHANGE AT SEA ISLAND

At Secret Meeting, Tech CEOs And Top Republicans Plot To Stop Trump

6 diggs The Huffington Post Election 2016 Politics

Billionaires, tech CEOs and top members of the Republican establishment flew to a private island resort off the coast of Georgia this weekend for the American Enterprise Institute's annual World Forum, according to sources familiar with the secretive gathering.