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Mnuchin says $600 checks will be sent out ‘next week’ – Market Watch

The Google spreadsheet with over 12,000 salaries—and counting – Google Docs

How To Get To Havasu Falls Without Hiking – Van Life Wanderer

Newsmax just aired this note to “clarify” its coverage of Smartmatic and Dominion – The Hill

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned – CNN

Mr. Rogers Loved Farting in Public, According to His Widow – Mental Floss

When Elvis Helped to Conquer Polio: After a deadly mistake sapped public confidence in inoculations, the medical community found an unlikely ally in the King of Rock ’n Roll – Politico

How to save $2 million for retirement if you make $75,000 a year, broken down by age – CNBC

Trump Announces He Has Hidden 5 Golden Tickets Among Stimulus Checks – Babylon Bee

5 habits that will help your brain stay in peak condition – Ladders

The Ultimate Men’s Guide to Better, Stronger, More Intense Orgasms – Mel Magazine

This stuff is way better than duct tape and beats it in all tests of sturdiness, stickiness and water resistance – Amazon

The Ways We Remain Immature Children, Even as Mature Adults – The Art Of Manliness

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The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Early Retirement – Mr Money Mustache

10 Scams Ukrainian Girls Try To Pull On Foreign Men – Return Of Kings

9 Ways That Women Turn Men Off – Brass Pills

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The 25 richest people in Silicon Valley – Insider

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Top 10 Origins Of Controversial Stereotypes – Listverse

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How Did This Piece of Art Sell For Over $86 Million Dollars?

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The thing to remember about contemporary art is that it doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Rothko wasn’t just saying “isn’t this pretty?” any more than Hemingway was just writing about an old man and the sea. Contemporary art is in a conversation with every painting that came before it. But since that conversation is long, entirely visual and not well-publicized (articles that mention how much a piece was sold for never talk about why), it can be really difficult to understand what an artist is saying just from looking at it.

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A Soviet propaganda poster from 1944 depicting legions of German soldiers destined to die in the Russian winter thanks to Hitler’s orders.

If you read the journal entries from Wilhelm Hoffman who was fought and died in Stalingrad, this poster hits even harder. When they showed up they thought it would be a quick fight and they would be home by Christmas. As time went on the entries go from arrogant to impressed with the “Russian spirit” to disheartened at how long its taking to sack the city and the lack or reinforcements to despair once they are resigned to their fate that they will either freeze/starve to death or be killed by the Russians.

“The street is no longer measured by meters but by corpses … Stalingrad is no longer a town. By day it is an enormous cloud of burning, blinding smoke; it is a vast furnace lit by the reflection of the flames. And when night arrives, one of those scorching howling bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank. The nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure.“

 

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The Scandalous Sex Lives Of Giraffes – Ned Hardy

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U.S. Has Administered 556,208 Vaccine Shots in First Week – Bloomberg

What scientists know about the coronavirus variant spreading in the U.K. – NBC

Starting Sunday, cable companies can no longer ‘rent’ you the router you already own – The Verge

Leaked Documents Show How China’s Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped Censor the Coronavirus – ProPublica

State senator dies from COVID-19 complications – ABC

The Internet Is Starting to Turn on MLMs – The Atlantic

Trump campaign will again ask U.S. high court to upend election results – Reuters

Incel Who Fantasized About Killing ‘Hot Cheerleaders’ Pleads Guilty to Bomb-Making Charge – The Daily Beast

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Brazilian president rhetorically claims coronavirus vaccine could turn people into alligators – Fox News

Ram 2500 Drivers Have the Most DUIs, More Than Twice the National Average – The Drive

How Disney and Lucasfilm Are Remaking Star Wars in the Image of Marvel Studios – Variety

A Girl With Down Syndrome Beats Doctor’s Odds and Grows Into a Stunningly Beautiful Model – Bright Side

IKEA Presents A Sustainable Tiny Home That You Can Get For $63k – Bored Panda

Golfer’s Awful Drive Kills A Seagull (video) – Leenks

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2020 Wasn’t All Bad After All (30 Good News Stories) – Ruin My Week

Bellator Signs Russian Female Cage Fighter Who Knocked Out 529-Pound Male Opponent – Maxim

The economics of selling Christmas trees – The Hustle

Christina Milian Dropped a New Bikini Pic – G-Celeb

Some Things That Have Helped Me Worry Less – Scott Young

Damn fine collection of hot social media girls – The Viraler

If 2020 Taught Us Anything About Money, It’s the Importance of THIS – Bigger Pockets

 

 

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This photograph was taken on the surface of asteroid Ryugu by the Hayabusa 2 mission. The rocky boulders resemble a rare type of meteorite — carbonaceous chondrites — that we find here on Earth after they fall from the sky.

The Hayabusa 2 mission’s return to Earth earlier this month completed a six-year round-trip mission to asteroid Ryugu. The craft launched in December 2014 aboard a Japanese H-2A rocket, and arrived near Ryugu in 2018 to begin several months of surveys before attempting the first landing.

The spacecraft dropped a fleet of landers and rovers to the explore the asteroid’s surface in late 2018, including a hopping robot developed by engineers in Germany and France.

Scientists are eager to analyse the specimens, which they expect may contain organic molecules. Researchers believe asteroids like Ryugu, or a larger body like the one from which Ryugu split off, could have seeded Earth with the ingredients necessary for life.

Hayabusa 2 departed Ryugu in November 2019 to begin the year-long trip back to Earth.

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Domino’s Pizza announces $1,200 holiday bonus to each of its frontline workers – NY Post

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Man jailed for life over $20 marijuana sale has been freed – ABC

Animation: Mapping the Recovery from the Global Recession of 2020 – Visual Capitalist

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25 Of The Most Viral TikToks From 2020 – Ruin My Week

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This thing works wonders on Swamp Crotch– It gives you a nice, fresh feeling, with a slight cooling sensation. It provides a nice smell, it’s good for your skin, and above all, your boys will not stick to anything. I’m talking cool, non-sticky refreshment
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What It’s Like To Be A COVID Vaccine Guinea Pig – Gothamist

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The ‘Fake Wealth’ Industry Making Influencers Look Rich – VICE

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Compound interest is either your best friend or your enemy. Here’s how to make it work for you – Business Insider