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THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Five Guys Makes The Best Fries, 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: fries are ranked, rich people are exposed, and the rat race, explained. SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT Every Oscar Best Picture Winner, Ranked vulture.com It's very easy to second-guess the Academy on its Best Picture picks, but while putting together our ranking of every winner, we decided that, all in all, there aren't that many terrible choices. NO FUN IN THE SUN I Bought A House With Solar Panels. It Was A Nightmare bloomberg.com Third-party ownership and decades-long contracts can create real headaches. CASH BACK WE DIGG | SPONSORED The Highest Paying Cash Back Card Has Hit The Market nextadvisor.com This jaw-dropping cash back card is offering 0% APR for 14 Months and 5% back in rotating categories. Pay no interest until 2020 and double your cash back. AMA-GONE JEFF BYE-ZOS How Amazon Went From Picking Queens For HQ2 To Pulling Out: A Timeline digg.com Amazon was apparently unprepared for popular opposition to a backroom deal that would have given the company almost $3 billion in incentives and tax breaks. NO DEAL What Amazon Got Wrong About New York City theverge.com A promise of 25,000 jobs isn't exciting anymore — it's ominous GIANARIS VS BEZOS 'Amazon Isn't Bigger Than New York': Meet The Man Who Killed The Deal theguardian.com Michael Gianaris turned his outrage into leverage when he was appointed to an obscure state board – and soon after, the company called the project off TAKING CHARGE NOT THE IDEAL MENTOR I Fell Under the Spell Of NASA's Most Notorious Thief theatlantic.com Before Thad Roberts stole more than $20 million worth of moon rocks and Martian meteorites, he made me want to reach for the stars. THE MODERATOR The Most Important New Woman In Congress Is Not Who You Think politico.com Bold progressives are getting the attention, but the Democratic Party owes control of the House to moderates like Mikie Sherrill. Whose agenda will prevail? VIDEO OF THE DAY WE'RE FLOORED This Is How Dirty The Floor Of The New York City Subway Is digg.com "This line hasn't been that clean since the '70s, I think." IN THE NEWS Trump Set To Announce National Emergency To Fund Border Wall Facebook Uses Its Apps To Track Users It Thinks Could Threaten Employees And Offices An 'Atmospheric River' Is Dumping 15 Mississippi Rivers Worth Of Water On The West Coast WATCH: British News Host Strips Naked On Live TV Because Of... Brexit? DIGG PICKS Shop HP's Presidents' Day Sale And Save Hundreds store.hp.com Star spangled savings, up to 56% off and free shipping! Happy, uh, day after Valentine's Day? View the Edition at Digg.com »

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