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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: The people who obsess over a perfect credit score, the millennials who aren't into vintage furniture and the grim prospect of rush hour traffic, visualized.

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GAMING THE SYSTEM WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK People Have Figured Out How To Get Perfect Credit, 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: The people who obsess over a perfect credit score, the millennials who aren't into vintage furniture and the grim prospect of rush hour traffic, visualized. 'SKUNK IN THE OUTFIELD' How The Most Epic Trick Play In History Broke Baseball espn.com For two minutes and 32 seconds in Game 2 of the Rhode Island state championship series, the Portsmouth High School Patriots broke baseball. GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL, PAY $200 Welcome To Georgia, The Epicenter Of The Private Probation Racket theoutline.com Poor defendants are getting caught in the modern-day equivalent of debtor's prison. WATCHES WE DIGG | SPONSORED A Smarter, Slimmer Watch slim-made.com If you're not into heavy, complicated timepieces, The Slim Made Watch is exactly what you've been looking for. Their designs are simple, clean, lightweight and thin. Exactly what you need and nothing more. PLAYING DEFENSE BOOM OR BUST NASA's Ambitious Plan To Save Earth From A Supervolcano bbc.com With an eruption brewing, it may be the only way to prevent the extinction of the human race. STREAM TEAM Is Netflix's 'The Defenders' Any Good? Here's What The Reviews Say digg.com This black-and-white photo might make Marvel's Netflix heroes look like they're starting a band, but they're sticking to what they know best — fighting New York's bad guys. Is this supergroup worth a binge watch? Here's what the reviews have to say. PLAYING DEFENSE The Controversial Concussion Lab That Could Save Football thewalrus.ca Why Toronto researchers are questioning the link between the sport and long-term brain damage VIDEO OF THE DAY THIS IS SATISFYING Audi Driver Throws Trash On The Ground, Cyclist Throws It Right Back At Him digg.com ​Just because you're driving a fancy sports car doesn't mean you get to throw your trash on the ground. IN THE NEWS 14 Killed In Barcelona Terror Attacks Trump Tweets Hoax Story About Killing Islamic Terrorists With Bullets Dipped In Pig Blood Mother Of Charlottesville Victim Says She Won't Speak With Trump Secret Chips In Replacement Parts Can Completely Hijack Your Phone's Security WATCH: Tina Fey Went On 'Weekend Update' To Pound Sheet Cake And Destroy Nazis DIGG PICKS The 13 Best Gadgets You Can Buy On Amazon Right Now digg.com Here Jeff Bezos, take all of our money. It's been quite a week (in a bad way), so we hope you have quite a weekend (in a good way). View the Edition at Digg.com »

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