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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: Tall men think they're tall enough, The Rock's stunt double ​might be cooler than The Rock and the new Gmail design is just fine thanks.

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TALL ORDER WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Tall Men Are Pretty Pleased With Themselves, 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: Tall men think they're tall enough, The Rock's stunt double ​might be cooler than The Rock and the new Gmail design is just fine thanks. GETTING HIGH How 879 Days Of Spaceflight Changed Gennady Padalka news.nationalgeographic.com With nearly 900 days accumulated over 17 years, Padalka has spent more time in space than any other human, ever, so he seemed like the perfect person to talk to about how spaceflight changes a person. THE BORDER IS IN CONTROL How Trump Moved The Mexican Border North politico.com It started in Texas. And the rest of the country is next. MATTRESSES WE DIGG | SPONSORED You're Invited To Mattress Firm's Friends And Family + Sale mattressfirm.com This sale is so good, it's like having a friend in the mattress business. Get 20% off when you choose from one of Mattress Firm's name brand mattresses + an extra 10% off, now through Sunday. DOLLARS AND SENSE COMMON CENTS How Much Is An Hour Worth? The War Over The Minimum Wage theguardian.com Some economists say it should be raised. Others say it's already too high. But what if both sides are missing the point? NOT TO LABOR THE POINT The Most Relatively Common Job In Every State, Mapped digg.com There are certainly a few stereotype-conforming jobs on the map, like physicists in New Mexico, gaming service workers in Nevada and fashion designers in New York. But there are also quite a few head-scratchers. THE LIMIT HAS BEEN APPROACHED Why It's Almost Impossible For Fastballs To Get Any Faster wired.com Advances have fueled a dramatic upward trend in world-record athletic performances, but the baseball pitch is stuck. The reason is physics. A TOTAL HEADACNE The Sketchy Reasons Big Pharma Can Charge Over $500 For Acne Face Cleanser racked.com Because health care is broken. WE DID NAZI THIS SECRET NAZI HISTORY COMING The Forgotten Nazi History Of 'One-Pot Meals' atlasobscura.com This was the Eintopfsonntag campaign—a Nazi push to make German families eat one-pot meals. Eventually, it would endure well into the Second World War and popularize these stews, soups, and pilafs in Germany for generations to come. VIDEO OF THE DAY DEFINITELY NOT THE DRIVER'S FAULT Construction Crew Finds Out Why You Can't Be Lazy About Barricading Off Wet Cement digg.com The best part of this video is the cameraman cackling wildly as the car rolls on through. IN THE NEWS Unsparing Portrait Of Trump Emerges In Early Excerpts From James Comey's Book In Reversal, Trump Proposes Rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership Billy Mitchell, The Gamer Made (In)Famous By 2007's 'King Of Kong,' Is Now Banned From Competitive Gaming After Several Deaths, Tesla Is Still Sending Mixed Messages About Autopilot Doorman Confirms Wild Story About Trump, The National Enquirer And A Lovechild FROM THE DIGG STORE Cyber Security Roles Are More In Demand Than Ever digg.com It has something to do with Equifax. And Verizon. And Kmart and Yahoo. Cheers to the freakin' weekend baby! View the Edition at Digg.com »

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