The Truck That Wouldn't Stop Exploding

Watch This Truck Explode 39 Times, Snowden's E-Mail Provider Is Closing, Cannot Legally Say Why, Domino's Pizza Is So Used To Complaints, It Can't Take A Compliment, North Korea Is The Worst Place In The World To Be A Standup Comic, Meet The Wasp That Turns Spiders Into Zombie Construction Workers The Daily Digg Friday, August 9, 2013 BECAUSE 40 WOULD BE EGREGIOUS Watch This Truck Explode 39 Times kottke.org The ultimate in YouTube rubbernecking. Normally a car or truck exploding is very unusual. To see one blow up repeatedly and spectacularly is jaw dropping. WE BET THE NSA KNOWS WHY Snowden's E-Mail Provider Is Closing, Cannot Legally Say Why washingtonpost.com The e-mail service used by National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden is suspending operations. And they can't tell us why — although a cryptic post heavily suggests it has something to do with a government request for information. PIZZA PROBLEMS Domino's Pizza Is So Used To Complaints, It Can't Take A Compliment consumerist.com You know how some people are conditioned to believe that any statement directed at them must be a complaint, so they don't know how to react when someone says something nice? That's apparently the mindset of whatever robot responds to customers on the Domino's Pizza Facebook page. BOOS WOULD BE BETTER North Korea Is The Worst Place In The World To Be A Standup Comic qz.com When it's not threatening nuclear war, the repressive hermit kingdom of North Korea is a bountiful provider of absurdist comic fodder. But it turns out to be a terrible place to tell jokes for a living. WHAT A CRAPPY FRIEND Meet The Wasp That Turns Spiders Into Zombie Construction Workers mentalfloss.com The tropical wasp species Hymenoepimecis argyraphaga is a parasite, and it takes advantage of an unlikely host. Read more on Digg.com → RAMADAN TRAFFIC > THANKSGIVING TRAFFIC Bangladeshis cram onto a train as they rush home to their respective villages to be with their families ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, in Dhaka on August 8, 2013. The Eid al-Fitr, the biggest festive Muslim event, marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Credit: MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014