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marshall applewhite

Marshall Applewhite was the leader of the UFO religious millenarian cult Heaven’s Gate, whose members committed mass suicide in March of 1997 after drinking applesauce laced with phenobarbital, believing the oncoming Hale-Bopp comet was being trailed by a spaceship that would absorb their souls

On March 26, 1997, 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult were found dead in a mass suicide. Led by a self-described prophet named Marshall Applewhite, followers believed that a heavenly UFO was trailing the Hale–Bopp Comet — and this was their only chance to escape Earth before it was “recycled” and wiped clean. Once they hopped aboard, they would be on their way to a much better planet. And since their human bodies were merely “vehicles,” they could safely leave them at any time and ascend to the “next level.”⁠

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The 50 best games of 2020 – Polygon

Michigan man jailed for nearly 4 decades exonerated after witness admits to lying – Free Press

These desktop speakers do a damn fine job of delivering sound for under $20! – Amazon

Is Barstow A Safe Place To Visit? – Van Life Wanderer

Japanese serial killer who baited suicidal people using Twitter gets death penalty – Straits Times

FDA Analysis Of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Finds It Effective And Safe – NPR

75 infected with COVID-19 after Santa visits nursing home in Belgium – NY Post

Congress nears deal on $1.4 trillion government funding measure – Politico

Sizzling Tech IPO Market Leaves Investors Befuddled – WSJ

A Data-Driven Guide to Whether a Machine Will Be Doing Your Job By 2025 – VICE

8 Questions to Ask Someone Other Than “What Do You Do?” – HBR

Chinese government forcing hundreds of thousands of Uighurs to pick cotton – BBC

Woman robs store with hypodermic needle she claims is infected with AIDS – ABC

Here They Are, The Dumbest Things Said 2020 (35 Pics) – Ruin My Week

A smart thermostat is a game changer. It can learn your schedule, turn itself down when nobody is home, balance temperatures and can be operated from your phone – Amazon

Where Amazon Returns Go to Be Resold by Hustlers – The Atlantic

Elizabeth Hurley Shares Lingerie Photos – Maxim

How Much Money Can You Make Streaming Your Favorite Games? – Geek Extreme

2 Cast Iron Skillet Tips for Beginners – Apartment Therapy

Evolution Made Really Smart People Long to Be Loners – Inverse

How a Homeless High School Dropout Became CEO of a $1 Billion Company – Bloomberg

The Camouflaged Military Bunkers of Switzerland – Amusing Planet

 LeBron James’ Foundation to Open New Community Hub With Job Training and Financial Literacy Education in Akron – TIME

Pornhub Purged Almost 80% Of Its Content — More Than 10 Million Videos From Its Site – BuzzFeed News

A damn fine collection of hot social media girls – The Viraler

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Vanmoof TV Box

A bicycle company struggling with damaged shipments used our tendency to scan content and make assumptions by putting a TV image on its box. Damage rates fell 80%

Since early 2016, VanMoof, a Dutch bicycle company, has been shipping its bikes in cardboard boxes with pictures of TVs on their face. VanMoof creative director Bex Rad explains how the bit of trickery was meant to reduce damage.

Bikes are generally thought of as more durable, so shipping companies might not be as careful as they would with a television.

“After a while, fragile labels — which we have tried, believe me — become like wallpaper,”

“We think our solution works better because shipping companies know that if they damage a TV, it ends up being a whole lot more work, so they treat it more delicately.”

The technique has noticeably reduce damages rates: Rad claims that the design change led to 70-80% fewer damaged bike products on arrival.

 

The Daily Man-Up

Mediocrity is a Virus

Little things become big things.

When you justify and allow even little things into your life which your intuition warns you against, you permit a virus to enter your life. It spreads to other areas.

When you introduce a change to any system, you simultaneously change the whole system. The other areas of the system will begin arranging themselves to better fit with the new.

Going against your higher intuitive voice is a slippery-slope. You don’t realize day to day how out of whack things are really getting.

Any small problem or indulgence cannot be viewed in isolation. It reflects something much bigger and much deeper. Sometimes it takes an intense wake-up call to become aware of the signals.

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Cymothoa Exigua – Everything You Wanted To Know About The Parasitic Tongue Eating Louse – Ned Hardy

‘Relieved’: US health workers start getting COVID-19 vaccine – AP News

These gloves do a good job of keeping your hands warm while allowing you to use your smartphone – Amazon

Navalny poisoning: Russia made second assassination attempt – DW

Increased Social Media Use Linked to Developing Depression, Research Finds – UARK

I Paid $250 To Drive For Lyft Last Year – Jalopnik

A Stunning Passage from the Latest Court Rejection of Team Trump – National Review

The 39 Most Defining Memes of 2020 – BuzzFeed News

America’s Three Richest People Are Now Positioned To Pay Zero State Income Tax – Forbes

Hot Social Media Girls Are Pleasing To The Eye – The Viraler

Instagram star ‘zombie’ Angelina Jolie sentenced to decade in prison – Fox News

I hear from many people that these things boosts your immune system to allow your body to fight a cold more effectively – Amazon

Here’s The Salary You Need To Make To Afford An Average Priced Home In Each State – Ruin My Week

Chart: A Global Look at How People Spend Their Time – Visual Capitalist

Father decapitated two children, forced other kids to view bodies over five days, prosecutors allege – LA Times

All 61 Stephen King Books Ranked From Worst To Best – Screen Rant

The infamous and awkward hover hand – Leenks

Thicc Insta Model Katya Elise Henry – G-Celeb

Jimmy Page’s 20 greatest guitar moments – Guitar World

Scientists Suggest That Supermassive Black Holes Could Be Traversable Wormholes – LAD Bible

Psychedelic drug DMT to undergo first clinical trial to treat depression – Independent

9 Ways to Get Health Insurance Coverage Without a Job – Money Crashers

Alysha Newman is Playing a Sexy Mrs. Claus This Year – Egotastic Sports

How to Tell If You’re a Jerk – Nautilus

FDA approves genetically altering pigs, to potentially make food, drugs, and transplants safer – STAT

 

 

 

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halden prison norway

This is a Nordic prison, which focuses on rehabilitation rather than punishment

The 250 inmates here are locked in their cells for 12 hours a day. But those cells are private rooms, with wood furniture, a shower, a fridge and a flat-screen TV.

Norway spends $90,000 a year to house each prisoner — three times what is spent on inmates in the United States.

The recidivism rate is less than 30 percent, half of what it is in the U.S. And there are more than 2.2 million Americans in prison; Norway’s prison population is one-tenth that, on a per capita basis.

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