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Picture of the Day

A guy from Sweden rode his bicycle to Nepal, climbed Everest alone without Sherpas or bottled oxygen, then cycled back to Sweden again.

For his 1996 ascent, Göran Kropp left Stockholm on October 16, 1995, on a specially-designed bicycle with 108 kg (240 lb) of gear and food. He traveled 8,000 miles on the bicycle and arrived at Everest Base Camp in April 1996. Following a meeting of all of the Everest expeditions on the mountain at the time, it was agreed that Kropp would attempt to summit first.

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The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time – Rolling Stone

‘Why Do I Always Want to Bail on Plans With My Friends?’ – VICE

Whether you know your family history or not it’s really cool to see your dna broken down and to see where in the world your story started – Amazon

The Mysterious Deaths of 6 Historical Figures – Mental Floss

The Extremely Profitable (And Ethically Murky) Business Of Reselling Dumbbells – VOX

This is how much top hackers are earning from bug bounties – ZD Net

A Brazilian city may have achieved herd immunity to COVID-19—but not without a cost – Popular Science

People Are Sharing The Movie Scenes That “Disturbed Them The Most” (20 Scenes) – Ruin My Week

Bye bye dust broom and pan. This handheld vacuum is an awesome value! Sucks up everything with little problem – Amazon

Nearly 400 Whales are Dead in One of World’s Worst Beaching Tragedies – Towleroad

Dirtbag Gets Called Out For Posing As Army Ranger – Leenks

A photographer spent 5 years at Nevada’s brothels and found legal prostitution was nothing like what he thought – Insider

Carmella Rose, Julia Rose and Other Random Women – G-Celeb

People Are Sharing Their Most Creative McDonald’s Hacks (20 Pics) – Demilked

Tesla’s Elon Musk said a $25,000 electric car with next-gen battery in the works – The Verge

How To Make the Best Macaroni and Cheese on the Stove – The Kitchn

6 Types Of Relationships That Will Drain You – Thought Catalog

The World’s 5 Best Whiskies for 2020—According to the International Wines and Spirits Competition – Maxim

Experts Translate Early Christian Texts About Wizards That Didn’t Make The Final Cut Of The Bible – All That’s Interesting

Hard Truths About Life From Baby Hippos – Sad And Useless

Top 10 Gross Things About The Human Body – Listverse

Picture of the Day

Where the term ‘uppercase and ‘lowercase’ came from: from the early days of the printing press

The individual type blocks used in hand typesetting are stored in shallow wooden or metal drawers known as "type cases". Each is subdivided into a number of compartments ("boxes") for the storage of different individual letters.

The terms upper and lower case originate from this division. By convention, when the two cases were taken out of the storage rack, and placed on a rack on the compositor’s desk, the case containing the capitals and small capitals stood at a steeper angle at the back of the desk, with the case for the small letters, punctuation and spaces being more easily reached at a shallower angle below it to the front of the desk, hence upper and lower case.

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The Daily Man-Up

Grit, as a personality trait, isn’t just a synonym of persistence, toughness, and ambition,but a culmination of them. And yet, grit is more. It’s everything mentioned, but with the addition of passion.

Grit is a man passionate towards along term goal, and his resilience on the road to achieving it. Just as the great warrior – Alexander the Great, for example – had grit, so does the entrepreneur. The man trying to lose 30 pounds needs grit to lose that weight, just like the boxer needs it to win the title, and to keep it.

Rocky Marciano had true grit, as did Joe Louis. Churchill and Napoleon had it in spades. Grit separates the strong from the weak, the courageous from the fearful.

Although grit is a focused man on a mission, it isn’t the hot shot rising to stardom, seeking fame. A man with true grit is stoic and silent in the face of his trials. He’s humble.

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13 Lessons to Make You Really, Truly Happy. Maybe – Outside

U.S. surpasses grim milestone of 200,000 COVID-19 deaths – Reuters

If your feet gets restless and you want to relieve pressure and maximize comfort while sitting at your desk, this is the perfect solution – Amazon

China forces 500,000 Tibetans into labour camps – SMH

Do You Really Need It—or Only Want It? Here’s How To Tell the Difference – Pocket

Why Shared Vibrations May Be the Root of All Consciousness – Inverse

The 10,000-person dance party streaming in your living room – The Verge

Oklahoma Driver Begs Cop To Let Her Poop Before Leading Them On A High Speed Chase – TMZ

Is Aging a Disease You Can Reverse? A Look at the Science Behind the Longevity Movement – Vogue

These Are Photos of People Clubbing in Wuhan – VICE

What Is Music PR And How To Make The Most Out Of Your PR Campaign – Mora May

The Pilot Metropolitan is a good place to start if you are going on your fountain pen journey – Amazon

Dude Catches A Beating For Allegedly Exposing His Meat To Children – Worldstar

The Most Scenic Motorcycle Rides in America, According to Bikers – Thrillist

Bride Disinvites Friend Because Her Recent Stillbirth Might “Take Attention” From The Wedding – Ruin My Week

This next-level hack trains Gmail to work the way you think – Fast Co

Worker Steals $160K Diamond For $20 Worth Of Pot – Leenks

Girl Simulates Sex with Coffin During Send Off and Other Videos of the Day – Drunken Stepfather

“Dude gets dropped for messaging another man’s girl and asking her for nudes” – Reddit

Instagram Model Madisynn Whisler Hits the Tennis Court – Egotastic Sports

16 Of The Most Cringey Moments In The History Of Film, Period – BuzzFeed

Firefighter Takes Down Wildfire Conspiracy Theorist in Viral TikTok Video – Towleroad

What to Do When You Realize You’re Wrong in the Middle of an Argument – Mel Magazine

Busty ebony model Aubree Rene posing news (nsfw) – The Slip

8 Pro Wrestling Matches That Got Too Real

Orgone Accumulator

Kurt Angle vs Daniel Pruder

On the Nov. 4, 2004 episode of SmackDown, Kurt Angle had challenged contestants from WWE reality show Tough Enough to best him in the ring. The probable narrative was big, bad Olympian destroys a handful of green upstarts. Angle steamrolled through his first foe, Chris Nawrocki, breaking his ribs in the process.

Daniel Puder refused to be the next victim, to accept that storyline. He proceeded to write his own. After tussling with Angle for a few moments, Puder gripped Angle’s right arm, forced it into an awkward angle and by his own admission, tried to break it.

Puder said, “I caught him in a key lock, pulled him into a kimura and tried to snap his arm off.”

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12 Most WTF TV Series Finales

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In the series finale, all hope of an episode of reminiscing about the humor that made the series a hit was stripped away – as viewers got to watch Earl Sinclair bring about the end of the Dinosaurs by poisoning the world’s plant life and subsequently blocking out the sun. The result of which was global temperatures dropping well below freezing and the imminent extinction of every living thing on the planet.

While every adult watching knew what was happening, their children may have been somewhat oblivious. Luckily, the writers made time in the finale’s last moments to bring everyone in the know as Earl has to explain to Baby Sinclair how there’s no place for them to go and that he’s sorry for killing them all.

This episode was so WTF that TV Guide had to include a special warning that the subject matter in this episode might “frighten or disturb younger viewers.” You know, because children aren’t really used to watching their favorite characters – who were marketed to kids in the form of music videos and stuffed animals – dying a slow death.

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Picture of the Day

Orgone Accumulator

The Orgone Accumulator was a device sold in the 1950s to allow a person sitting inside to attract orgone, a massless ‘healing energy’. The FDA noted that one purchaser, a college professor, knew it was “phony” but found it “helpful because his wife sat quietly in it for four hours every day."

Hot New Music of the Day

The homie sent over the new retro visuals for indie rock meets electro band Jimkata. Entitled “Bonfires”, the track touches upon how vulnerable and uncertain we are feeling in these insane times but there is comfort in nostalgia. It’s off of their upcoming 10 track album dropping Spring next year.

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A damn fine collection of bewbs, awesomeness and everything in between – Leenks

How to Break Out of Your Social Media Echo Chamber – Wired

A Secret Recording Reveals Oil Executives’ Private Views on Climate Change – NY Times

If you want to look better on your Zoom meeting or while streaming online, get yourself a soft box light – Amazon

Humans Wiped Out Two-Thirds of the World’s Wildlife in 50 Years – Smithsonian

Nikola’s stock craters after founder Trevor Milton resigns as executive chairman – Yahoo

Secret Docs Show How Criminals Use Banks To Finance Terror And Death. The Government Doesn’t Stop It –

CDC says it erroneously posted guidance that said coronavirus spreads through air and travels beyond six feet – CNBC

Why Microsoft bought Bethesda for $7.5 billion – The Verge

Apple iOS 14 Has 25 Great Secret Features – Forbes

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio on capitalism’s crisis: The world is going to change ‘in shocking ways’ in the next five years – Market Watch

Not sure what are in these pills, but they give you a raging hardon for 3 days, use at own risk – Amazon

‘2 Girls 1 Cup’: An Investigation Into the Web’s Shittiest Mystery – Mel Magazine

People Are Using Autocomplete To Apologize And The Results Are Kinda Freaky (27 Tweets) – Ruin My Week

Ranking: Every Martin Scorsese Film from Worst to Best – COS

Bikini Girl Falls Off Skateboard and other Videos of the Day – Drunken Stepfather

Top 10 Celebrities Cleared Of Serious Crimes – Listverse

The 9 Best Income Producing Assets to Grow Your Wealth – Of Dollars And Data

What Does the Fed’s 2% Inflation Policy Mean for Loans and Mortgages? – The Simple Dollar

10 of the richest drug lords of all time – Meaww

Jamie Chung made her nude debut in the latest episode of Lovecraft Country (nsfw) – The Slip

Tyler Herro’s Girlfriend Katya Elise Henry Celebrates Heat’s Game 2 Win Topless at an Outdoor Shower – Egotastic Sports