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Thursday, July 21, 2016

7/21/16

7/21/16

News

  • Turkey to temporarily suspend European Convention on Human Rights after coup attempt
  • Kickasstorrents domains seized, owner arrested by Polish authorities and facing extradition to the US
  • UK nuclear submarine collides with merchant vessel off Gibraltar

Science

  • Elon Musk releases his Master Plan: Part 2
  • Police 3D-printed a murder victim's finger to unlock his phone
  • Tesla Autopilot reportedly prevented serious injury or saved the life of a pedestrian in DC

Showerthoughts

  • I don't think we're thankful enough that the whole world agreed on the same units of time.
  • Pharoahs convincing people they were gods and that taxes should go to building the world's largest buildings for them to die in was the original pyramid scheme
  • As a kid I could never get my hands on a fast food meal and as an adult I can never get my hands on a home cooked meal

Cool Images

  • Korean Riot Police Techniques
  • Japanese Artist Shinji Nakaba hand-carves pearls into exquisite ‘Fairy Skulls’
  • Divers found two metallic lumps weighing approximately 40 pounds (18 kilograms) and made up of thousands of ancient coins, fused together in the shape of the pottery vessel in which they were held
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