Flying Is A Real Downer

​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Air travel sucks, the art of sound design in porn, and that one time the British hung rotting corpses in cages.

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THE UNFRIENDLY SKIES WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Flying Is Getting Worse And Other Facts digg.com ​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Air travel sucks, the art of sound design in porn, and that one time the British hung rotting corpses in cages. INTRODUCING THE NEW DRONE WARFARE Are Flying IEDs The Next Big Threat? warontherocks.com On Tuesday, French media broke the story that two French soldiers in Erbil had been severely injured and two Peshmerga fighters killed by what appears to be the first successful use of a drone carrying explosives. If confirmed, this would be the first known instance in which an explosive, booby-trapped drone was successfully used by a non-state actor against Western forces. FROM THE DIGG STORE 100% Wirefree Earbuds For 50% Off store.digg.com These earbuds have a minimal design, fit comfortably in your ears (without falling out) and deliver top-notch sound. Bonus! They're completely wireless and on super sale. HOW? THE RIGHT STICK How Video Games Are Changing The Way Soccer Is Played nytimes.com Games like FIFA that were designed to reflect the sport's reality have helped alter it, influencing professional players and front offices. STRANGER TIMES How Ten Outsiders Created The Indy Newspaper That's Lasted A Quarter Of A Century blog.longreads.com Twenty-five years after its debut, here is the story of an independent newspaper in Seattle that spawned Dan Savage and won a Pulitzer Prize. A LITERAL ARMS RACE How Did The Introduction Of Guns Change Native America? aeon.co Multilateral imperial politics triggered an indigenous arms race and led to the violent transformation of Native America. FLUNKING OUT IT'S A BUSINESS NOT A CHARITY Why For-Profit Education Fails theatlantic.com Investors aiming to start an education revolution have, with regularity, lost their shirts. WE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AT LUNCHABLES The Evolution Of School Lunches Over The Past Century mentalfloss.com A hundred years ago, school lunch as we know it didn't exist. Now, its ubiquitous. Here's how the midday meal has evolved through the years. VIDEO OF THE DAY 'DO YOU HAVE APPLE PAY? WE DON'T TAKE IT' An All-Too-Accurate Parody Of What Using A Chip Credit Card Is Like digg.com Insert it. Wait. Remove it. Wait, no, that was too quick. Could you insert it again? IN THE NEWS Big Donors Urge The RNC To Cut Ties With Donald Trump Donald Trump Calls Allegations By Women 'False Smears' Justice Department Will Track Police Killings And Use Of Force Entire US Political System 'Under Attack' By Russian Hacking, Experts Warn United Airlines Systemwide Computer Glitch Leads To Delayed Flights, Paper Tickets, Long Lines Fresh Wave Of Airstrikes Hit Syria's Aleppo That's all for this morning. If you're flying today, we're sorry. You'll get through this. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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