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The 'Truth' Behind The Female Soldier Fighting ISIS, Stop Trying To Save The World, Secrets Of The Magus, Everyday Terms Coined By Shakespeare, Listen To Bill Cosby's 1969 Stand-Up Bit About Drugging Women's Drinks, The Real Roots Of Midlife Crisis The Daily Digg Tuesday, November 18, 2014 THE SMILE THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND RTs The 'Truth' Behind The Female Soldier Fighting ISIS digg.com They call her Rehana, but that's likely not her name. People say she's killed 100 Islamic State fighters. ISIS supporters have declared her dead on two separate occasions. This is the story of the creation of the online legend of Rehana — and why it can never be killed. WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA? Stop Trying To Save The World newrepublic.com Exciting new development idea, huge impact in one location, influx of donor dollars, quick expansion, failure. Big ideas are destroying international development. THE NEW YORKER CLASSICS ADVERTISEMENT Secrets Of The Magus newyorker.com Ricky Jay does closeup magic that flouts reality. But, rather than headline in Las Vegas, Jay prefers to live in the mysterious world of ancient mountebanks, eccentric entertainers, and sleight-of-hand artists, whose secrets he preserves with a scholarly passion, and who are his true peers in the realm of illusion. SIGNIFYING SOMETHING Everyday Terms Coined By Shakespeare digg.com You might already know that Shakespeare came up with such famous phrases as "star-crossed lovers" and "much ado about nothing." But did you also know that the immortal bard came up with everyday terms we all use everyday? A GRAIN OF TRUTH IN EVERY JOKE Listen To Bill Cosby's 1969 Stand-Up Bit About Drugging Women's Drinks blogs.villagevoice.com Cosby's dozen-plus accusers tell similar stories: that, after having a drink with Cosby, they felt drugged and confused as he had his way with them. Curiously, Cosby himself once made such scenarios the center of a stand-up routine: Witness "Spanish Fly," a cut from his now-unfortunately titled 1969 LP "It's True! It's True!" TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SNAPCHAT? The Real Roots Of Midlife Crisis theatlantic.com What a growing body of research reveals about the biology of human happiness — and how to navigate the (temporary) slump in middle age. Read more on Digg.com → THE VELVET UNDERGROUND Thousands of Czechs, using the 25th anniversary of the anti-communist Velvet Revolution, gather to call on the controversy-prone Czech President Milos Zeman to resign in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. The crowd gave Zeman a symbolic red card on Monday for demeaning the importance of human rights, a pro-Russian stance in the conflict in Ukraine, using vulgar language and recently downplaying the brutal use of force by police 25 years ago. Credit: AP Photo/Petr David Josek Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014