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Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains why he changed mind on weed: "We have been terribly and systematically misled for nearly 70 years in the United States, and I apologize for my own role in that." (edition.cnn.com)
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"I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit. " (lavabit.com)
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TIL In 1904, tea bags were invented accidentally. The inventor, Thomas Sullivan, decided that it was cheaper to send small samples to potential customers in silk bags instead of boxes. The recipients believed they were meant to be dunked and soon Sullivan was flooded with orders for his “tea bags”. (tea.co.uk)
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British Pathe's 10 Tragedies Caught on Film - some of the most incredible and shocking things you will ever see from the early 1900's - [2:33] (youtube.com)
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The Milky Way Over Bio-luminescent Plankton on a Beach in South Coast NSW, Australia [OC] (685 x 1024) (flickr.com)
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Two British women working as charity volunteers have had acid thrown in their faces in Zanzibar (bbc.co.uk)
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta changes mind on weed: "I apologize because I didn't look hard enough, until now. I didn't review papers from smaller labs in other countries doing some remarkable research, and I was too dismissive of the loud chorus of legitimate patients whose symptoms improved on cannabis."(edition.cnn.com)
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Magnetic Coaster-reactive Compass Table! I took over 1,000 mini-compasses and a trashed table and made my roommates a killer wedding present. (Link to video in comments) (imgur.com)
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Col. Chris Hadfield just posted this on Facebook, our planet and moon to scale in size and distance. (i.imgur.com)
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Russian man outwits bank $700k with hand written credit contract: He received documents, but didn’t like conditions and changed what he didn’t agree with: opted for 0% interest rate and no fees, adding that the customer "is not obliged to pay any fees and charges imposed by bank tariffs" (rt.com)
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I am "that guy from District 9" aka Sharlto Copley who was also Murdock in the A-Team and currently starring as Kruger in Elysium. (self.IAmA)
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[No Spoiler] Time Warner CEO says that Game of Thrones breaking piracy records is "Better than an Emmy."No Spoilers (uproxx.com)
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My cat stole a plastic fork from the kitchen and carried it around for 20 minutes before finally deciding on a place to put it. I think she's proud of herself.(i.imgur.com)
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TIL Prince covered Radiohead's "Creep" at Coachella in 2008, and a mobile phone video of it was uploaded to Youtube. Prince quickly made Youtube remove it. After finding out about the blocking, Radiohead's lead singer Thom Yorke said "Well, tell him to unblock it. It's our song." (en.wikipedia.org)
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Tech savvy folks of Reddit, what are the most mindblowing recent advancements most people still don't know about? (self.AskReddit)
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Snowden's Asylum: 'It's the law, stupid' - It should be made clear that Russia has no legal, political or moral duty to turn Snowden over to American authorities.(aljazeera.com)
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My sister is under a lot of pressure to start a family. Her mother-in-law sent her a box of baby clothes so her husband immediately put them to good use.(i.imgur.com)
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Bruce Willis 'demanded $1m per day for Expendables 3', Sylvester Stallone brands him "greedy and lazy" (mtv.co.uk)
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Judge refuses to drop murder charge against faith-healing parents after a second child dies (abajournal.com)
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My great grandfather got shot in the chest in the Second World War. His metal cigarette case saved his life. (imgur.com)
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The great cat stare off of August '13. Two hours in team Sox is going strong. Team neighbors cat is getting sleepy. (i.imgur.com)
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Col. Chris Hadfield just posted this on Facebook, our planet and moon to scale in size and distance. [RES ignored duplicate image]/r/all (i.imgur.com)
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It looks weird because of my back/angles but it was to cover scars. ArtCore Tattoo Seattle, WA (i.imgur.com)
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I work in Vietnam for MAG clearing landmines and bombs. I was recently in a popular video here with the actor who plays "The Most Interesting Man in the World". Many had technical questions about ordnance removal here. Ask Me Anything. (self.IAmA)
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Bill Gates about Google's internet balloons: "When you're dying of malaria, I suppose you'll look up and see that balloon, and I'm not sure how it'll help you"(theverge.com)
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Apparently we were the first ones to notice the pepperoni arrangement. When we asked an employee he said, "Yeah man. I make pepperoni dicks all day." And yes, every slice was like that (i.imgur.com)
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India Banning Animals in Circuses - "Animals used in circus are treated brutally. They are kept hungry & cruel treatment is meted out to them." Says a circus spokesman: "Given this ban, we will have to concentrate more on acrobatic performances." (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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