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Somewhere, Something Incredible is Waiting to be Known [Carl Sagan]

youtube.com — Vocal excerpts were taken from Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space and Carl Sagan's Cosmos. View in Crawl 4

Somewhere, Something Incredible is Waiting to be Known [Carl Sagan]
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FDA Rules Corn Syrup Can't Change Its Name To Corn Sugar : NPR

npr.org — The FDA ruled that changing the name high fructose corn syrup to "corn sugar" would cause confusion. Makers of corn syrup say their produ... View in Crawl 4

FDA Rules Corn Syrup Can't Change Its Name To Corn Sugar : NPR
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Gigabyte's 11.6-inch X11 carbon fiber laptop is the world's lightest

theverge.com — Taiwanese computer maker Gigabyte is taking laptop case design to its logical conclusion with its new X11; what the company is calling the world’s ... View in Crawl 4

Gigabyte's 11.6-inch X11 carbon fiber laptop is the world's lightest
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Russian Millionaire Tosses Paper Money Planes Out of Office Window, Laughs as People Brawl Over Them

gawker.com — Pavel Durov, founder of the popular Russian Facebook-alike VKontakte, took a bread-and-circuses approach to generosity over the weekend, spending t... View in Crawl 4

Russian Millionaire Tosses Paper Money Planes Out of Office Window, Laughs as People Brawl Over Them
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Facebook vs. Google

techi.com — Both Google and Facebook receive hundreds of millions of visits every month, but how do they compare as companies? The stats surprised us. Take a l... View in Crawl 4

Facebook vs. Google
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Used-car prices are starting to come down

latimes.com — Used-car prices, which had shot up in recent years, are starting to fall. Easing gasoline prices in much of the nation and more trade-ins from a pi... View in Crawl 4

Used-car prices are starting to come down
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xkcd: EST

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Twitter Re-Engineered its Website to Load Tweets Five Times Faster

techieapps.com — Twitter has re-engineered its microblogging website to load tweets five times faster than before, as part of its attempts to keep its user’s intere... View in Crawl 4

Twitter Re-Engineered its Website to Load Tweets Five Times Faster
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Why Do Asian Americans Have the Worst Long-Term Unemployment?

theatlantic.com — The most educated ethnic group in America is struggling most with extended joblessness. According to a recent study by the Economic Policy Institut... View in Crawl 4

Why Do Asian Americans Have the Worst Long-Term Unemployment?
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How To Piss Off Neo-Nazis

buzzfeed.com — This amazing t-shirt stunt, pulled off last August at a right wing extremist rock concert in Germany, just won a deserved One Show Gold Pencil. View in Crawl 4

How To Piss Off Neo-Nazis
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Married People Are Happier

livescience.com — Married people aren’t happier than when they were single, but over time they are happier than those who are not married, a new study finds. View in Crawl 4

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The 50 greatest matte paintings of all time

shadowlocked.com — Back in the pre-CGI era, movie magic wasn't drag-and-drop. Here are the best examples of ground-breaking or extraordinary examples of the matt... View in Crawl 4

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Holder: Minority rights under threat from voter ID laws | The Raw Story

rawstory.com — The US attorney general, Eric Holder, has warned that gains of the civil rights struggle hang in the balance in the face of a determined effort by ... View in Crawl 4

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Inspiring Physics Commencement Speeches (video)

physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com — While physicists aren't always known for their eloquence, several notable physicists have delivered some inspiring pieces of advice for recent... View in Crawl 4

Inspiring Physics Commencement Speeches (video)
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The 10 Most Awesome Pools In the World

gizmodo.com — It's not even June and my gonads are already melting. And since I can't be by the sea, I wish I could be working by any of these amazing ... View in Crawl 4

The 10 Most Awesome Pools In the World
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