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​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Why McMansions are bad, what would happen if no one voted and how capitalism creates pointless jobs.

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CASTLES MADE OF SAND WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK McMansions Are Spooky As Heck 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: Why McMansions are bad, what would happen if no one voted and how capitalism creates pointless jobs. TECH BROS HAVE HEAVY WALLETS San Francisco's Biggest Residential Tower Is Sinking — Who's To Blame? theguardian.com The city's tallest residential building is sinking, and has been compared to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Now the blame game is coming swift and furious. IN A HARD PLACE UNDER A ROCK Inside Budapest's Former Top-Secret Cave Hospital mentalfloss.com As the icy grasp of the Cold War began to tighten, new wards were built, new equipment was installed, and the hospital was designated top-secret by the Soviets, referred to only by its official codename LOSK 0101/1. FROM THE DIGG STORE It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's A... Drone store.digg.com A pretty remarkable piece of engineering, the Bionic Bird undergoes such strict quality controls that each bird is built like a prototype and controlled straight from your smartphone. WE NEED A TISSUE HOW TO BE AN ADULT A Guide To Making Fall Allergies Suck Less digg.com It might be a cold, but fall allergies can easily sneak up on people who assume pollen season stops at Labor Day. A little grown-up knowledge and preparedness can help cut down on your Kleenex consumption this year. A LIVER DEATH ISSUE The Silent Epidemic No One's Talking About scientificamerican.com As nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, stealthily becomes a leading cause of transplants, drug companies race to develop treatments. CREATURE FEATURES WHAT DOES 4:20 SMELL LIKE Apparently Dogs Can Tell Time With Their Noses nymag.com As each day wears a new smell, its hours mark changes in odors that your dog can notice. Dogs smell time. WE'RE NOT SO SPECIAL Chimps May Be Capable Of Comprehending The Minds Of Others scientificamerican.com The ability to understand that others have mental states and perspectives different than our own has long been considered unique to humans. BITING THE BULLET Turning Invasive Species Into Sushi popularmechanics.com An environmentally conscious chef eschews conventional sushi in favor of the undiscovered pleasures of strange, invasive species. A man who lost his eyesight refuses to pity himself and instead becomes, of all things, a travel writer. Together, they dig their hands into the dark ocean mud in search of enlightenment. VIDEO OF THE DAY OH HELL YEAH So This Guy Definitely Invented A Working Jetpack digg.com Remember that video that emerged last year that appeared to show a dude flying a jetpack around the Statue of Liberty? Yeah, it was legit. This thing is legit. IN THE NEWS Hurricane Matthew Lashes Florida Amid Dire Warnings, 300,000 Lose Power Colombia's President, Juan Manuel Santos, Is Awarded Nobel Peace Prize Hurricane Matthew Kills Hundreds In Haiti Russia Issues Stern Warning To US Against Striking Syrian Army Fall allergies got you down? Don't give up! It's Friday. You can do it, friend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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