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LET'S MAP THIS OUT

51 diggs Video
Some of us might already know that the world map isn't horribly accurate because it stretches a globe-shape onto a flat surface, but this video goes deep into specific comparisons of what things should look like.
MORE THAN 'PAYING A LOT FOR HEADPHONES'

7 diggs wsj.com
Takeo Morita wanted absolutely the best fidelity possible from his audio system, so he bought a utility pole. Normal electricity just wouldn’t do anymore. To tap into what Mr. Morita calls “pure” power, he paid $10,000 to plant a 40-foot-tall concrete pole with a personal transformer in his front yard.
THE THIRD RAIL STRIKES AGAIN

8 diggs Daily Dot
On Saturday, Japan's Hiroki Ogita blew the qualifying round of Rio's pole vaulting competition. Technically, his leg is what messed up his chance, since it hits first, but his own pole was definitely involved as well.
MORE NUANCE THAN YOU'LL GET FROM TRUMP

12 diggs
An investigation by ProPublica and The Washington Post finds that Hillary Clinton initially pressed to keep civilian programs and listening posts in Iraq after the US troop pullout in 2011, but then her State Department scrapped or slashed them at the behest of the White House and Congress.
HE'S USED TO GOING 50 METERS

20 diggs Video
As further proof that life is unfair and Michael Phelps is too good at everything, here's video of him during a pro-am event in 2012 hitting a putt from more than half a football field away.
FROM THE DIGG STORE

4 diggs store.digg.com
This app duo — including PC Mag’s #1 rated Dashlane — helps you manage your passwords and allows you to browse anonymously online. Plus, it’s 60% off.
WELCOME TO [        ]!

6 diggs mewo2.com
Martin O'Leary "wanted to make maps that look like something you'd find at the back of one of the cheap paperback fantasy novels of my youth." So he built this nifty interactive tool which lets you do just that.
SLOWNESS AND STEADINESS ARE OVERRATED

1 digg The Verge
Their lives are so long, and yet tortoises do little more than eat and stop traffic because they take so long to cross the road. They do not have flashy feathers, make melodic sounds, or poison you. They are not cuddly and do not even inspire disgust. Their lives are so long that sometimes they become the last of their subspecies.
RAD KEANU

10 diggs Bloomberg
Don’t mistake Keanu Reeves for some nice-guy motorcycle dilettante. He doesn’t care about your trendy Scrambler-riding blue jeans or your fashion-forward “motorcycle” jacket. And he definitely doesn’t want to ride your pretty little café racer.
'IT NEVER GOES AWAY'

3 diggs BuzzFeed
The 73-year-old has said for decades that Bill Clinton raped her. Today, she’s a thorn in the side of progressives, including Hillary Clinton, who say rape victims have the right to be believed — and a gift for Donald Trump.
MANAFORT DENIES

25 diggs The New York Times
Ukrainian government investigators have come across $12.7 million in cash payments to Paul Manafort, as they try to untangle a corrupt network they say was used to loot Ukrainian assets and influence elections during the administration of Mr. Manafort’s main client, former President Viktor F. Yanukovych.
NO MONSTER IN THE CENTER

5 diggs Amusing Planet
On the Italian island of Sicily, about 70 km from the capital city Palermo, is a huge labyrinth of concrete hugging the side of a hill like an enormous grey-white tortoise shell, the lines corresponding precisely to the street-plan of the old town of Gibellina that once stood here before it was destroyed by an earthquake in 1968.

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