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What You Learn When You Lose $200 Million

Why Do We Sing 'Auld Lang Syne' On New Year's Eve, Anyways?, Should We Solar Panel The Sahara Desert?, New Year, New You, New Kick-Ass Fitness Plan, What You Learn When You Lose $200M, And Other Great Stories, Meet 'Sledgehammer Shannon,' Uber's Worst Nightmare, VIDEO: These Expertly Designed Spinning Tops May Never Stop Spinning The Daily Digg Thursday, December 31, 2015 BECAUSE WE'RE DRUNK? Why Do We Sing 'Auld Lang Syne' On New Year's Eve, Anyways? digg.com Most of us don't actually know the words to "Auld Lang Syne," which hardly stops us from drunkenly slurring along to the instantly-recognizable tune at our annual New Year's Eve parties. But why do we sing it every year? WHO NEEDS WATER WHEN YOU HAVE POWER? Should We Solar Panel The Sahara Desert? bbc.com Could one solution to climate change be to harvest the power of sunlight where it shines brightest on the planet? WORKOUTS WE DIGG SPONSORED New Year, New You, New Kick-Ass Fitness Plan kenzai.me It's time to get your mind and body right. Kenzai's community of personal trainers, nutritionists and fellow users provide you with personalized exercises, diet plans and support so that you can reach your fitness or weight-loss goals in 90 days. Use promo code DIGG2016 to get $100 off for the next 24 hours. WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK What You Learn When You Lose $200M, And Other Great Stories digg.com What it was like to lose hundreds of millions of dollars during the 2008 financial crisis, the strippers who stole from their wealthy clients, and more of the best longform journalism from this week. SHE'S THE UBERMENSCH Meet 'Sledgehammer Shannon,' Uber's Worst Nightmare motherjones.com Is Uber ripping off its drivers? The woman who beat Starbucks and FedEx in court says yes. HAVE WE BEEN INCEPTIONED? VIDEO: These Expertly Designed Spinning Tops May Never Stop Spinning digg.com A team of master craftsmen squared off against a team of engineers to see who could create the perfect spinning top. They both did a very good job. Get more stories on Digg.com GOLDILOCKS' REVENGE ​People wearing bear furs perform during a festival of New Year ritual dances attended by hundreds in Comanesti, northern Romania, Wednesday, Dec. 30 2015. In pre-Christian rural traditions, dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs, toured from house to house in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil, in the present the tradition has moved to Romania's cities too, where dancers travel to perform the ritual for money. Credit: AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002

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The Ford Foundation's $500 Billion Quest To Fix The World, Your Guide To Every Episode Of Syfy's 'Twilight Zone' Marathon, ICYMI We Brought Back Our Bestselling Deals Of The Year, How War Changed In 2015, WATCH: This Modern Trailer For 'The Empire Strikes Back' Will Make You Want To See It Again, The Man Who Talks To Sperm Whales The Daily Digg Wednesday, December 30, 2015 THROWING MONEY AT THE PLANET The Ford Foundation's $500 Billion Quest To Fix The World newyorker.com Darren Walker and the Ford Foundation set out to conquer inequality. TIME ENOUGH AT LAST! Your Guide To Every Episode Of Syfy's 'Twilight Zone' Marathon paleofuture.gizmodo.com The first episode airs at 7pm this Wednesday, December. Here's a schedule so you can catch your favorites, along with links to Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon for all you cordcutters. FROM THE DIGG STORE ICYMI We Brought Back Our Bestselling Deals Of The Year store.digg.com The best thing about the end of the year is all the "Best Of" end-of-year lists, right? Right. Which is why we're bringing back all the bestselling Digg Store deals from 2015. There are only two days left, so check 'em out quick. A BRAVE NEW WAR How War Changed In 2015 theatlantic.com War without beginning or end, where the borders of peace and war, serviceman and civilian have become utterly blurred — and where you and I are both a target and a weapon. COMING MAY 21, 1980 WATCH: This Modern Trailer For 'The Empire Strikes Back' Will Make You Want To See It Again digg.com Trailers, today, are fully dramatized productions meant to extract maximum emotion towards a film. Back when "Star Wars" came out it didn't get this full treatment, so Tom F of YouTube decided to do it himself. HE HAS SEAMAN'S EARS The Man Who Talks To Sperm Whales avauntmagazine.com Researchers have known for more than 60 years that sperm whales communicate with extremely loud vocalizations called "clicks," We know these animals are "talking" to one another, we just don't know what they are saying. In the next two years, DareWin hopes to find out. Get more stories on Digg.com FLY BY FIGHT Challenger Akira Yaegashi, left, of Japan hits a right to champion Javier Mendoza of Mexico during IBF light flyweight title match in Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015. Yaegashi, won 3-0.​ Credit: AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002

Happy Holidays, Gordon!

Hi Gordon, I've been enjoying the holidays with my family in the Mexican Riviera. We've been having a great time! Here's a pic I took. Read the full adventure here. While I've been living the Dot Com Lifestyle, Michale Kwan has been hard at work keeping the blog updated with great content. I think you will really like his latest post. Why Spending Money Saves You Time (and Earns You More Money) I hope you are enjoying the holidays as much as I am. Wishing you a Happy New Year! John

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Inside The Watery World Of Maritime Repo Men, VIDEO: Molten Copper Mixed With Antifreeze Makes A Swampy, Fiery Mess, A Short Credit History Doesn't Mean You Can't Finance Your Future, What It's Like To Be Adopted At 17, VIDEO: The Best Weather Bloopers Of 2015, How The Computer Revolution Changed US Cities The Daily Digg Tuesday, December 29, 2015 THE REPO MERMEN Inside The Watery World Of Maritime Repo Men nytimes.com Thousands of boats are stolen each year, and some are recovered using alcohol, prostitutes, witch doctors and other forms of guile. OK, THIS IS GETTING EXCESSIVE VIDEO: Molten Copper Mixed With Antifreeze Makes A Swampy, Fiery Mess digg.com Tito4re is back with another innovative molten copper video. This time, he mixes molten copper with antifreeze in a dog bowl. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED A Short Credit History Doesn't Mean You Can't Finance Your Future pave.com Guess what, it's almost 2016. That degree you want to get? That debt you want to reduce? Time to make it happen. And Pave can help. 'I HAD FOUND MY WAY HOME' What It's Like To Be Adopted At 17 narrative.ly After years of misery and abuse, I finally learned what it's like to have a loving and supportive family — right before my childhood officially ended. THE LOLS CAN HELP YOU WEATHER ANY STORM VIDEO: The Best Weather Bloopers Of 2015 digg.com From the same YouTube account that brought you "Best News Bloopers Of 2015," comes the best weather bloopers of 2015. There's nothing more innocent than a weather blooper. BUILT BIT BY BIT How The Computer Revolution Changed US Cities citylab.com After 1980, metros with an "abstract" labor base thrived, while those without one didn't. Get more stories on Digg.com DEAL WITH IT A Bangladeshi roadside vendor wears sunglasses to attract customers to his shop in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Credit: AP Photo/A.M. Ahad Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002