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Post by Riddick » 09-12-2015 01:09 AM

WWLTW for Friday 9/11/2015

Among things we learned...
  • McDonald's secret menu is definitely real and not a joke.

    Scientists finally answer the question of "Why are knots?"

    Your hotel safe isn't very safe.

    If the moon were a cube it would look very boring.

    It's been a long short week, time to enjoy a container ship timelapse.
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Post by Riddick » 09-18-2015 03:33 PM

WWLTW for Friday 9/18/2015

Among things we learned...
  • Ad blockers could kill the Internet.

    Animals hate drones.

    Nerf guns are brilliantly engineered.

    Beans are the food of the future.

    Science has created a robot that's literally unstoppable... at rock-paper-scissors.
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WWLTW for Friday 9/25/2015

Post by Riddick » 09-26-2015 01:12 AM

Among things we learned...
  • We are forever enveloped in a cloud of farts and dead skin.

    Disney films have a lot of dead parents.

    Sounds sound different because they're made up of many sounds.

    The machines have yet to defeat the DJ.

    Most left handed people live in New England.
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WWLTW for Friday 10/2/2015

Post by Riddick » 10-02-2015 04:43 PM

Among things we learned...
  • The TI-83 has a stranglehold on American mathematics.

    The future of meat is in a tube.

    Counting the number of web sites on the Internet is not easy.

    America loves its pun business names.

    A video explanation of "Nighthawks" will help you understand art.
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WWLTW for Friday 10/9/2015

Post by Riddick » 10-09-2015 05:36 PM

Among things we learned...
  • If your Wi-Fi sucks, blame the router.

    A lot of thought goes into small sounds.

    8-bit music is complex.

    Limbo exists, and it's a "Minecraft" server.

    A simple card trick that will astonish your friends is totally within your grasp.
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Post by Dude111 » 10-09-2015 07:42 PM

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WWLTW for Friday 10/16/2015

Post by Riddick » 10-16-2015 03:24 PM

Among things we learned...
  • The Web is disappearing and there's no stopping it.

    Only about 100 billion people have ever died.

    Astronomers didn't find aliens, but they might have.

    It would take 200,000 laser pointers to kill a human.

    There's a grown-up, much cooler version of the paper fortune teller.
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WWLTW for Friday 10/23/2015

Post by Riddick » 10-23-2015 01:07 PM

This week: Searching blindly for signs of alien life, trolling with perpetual motion, and ancient crystals. LINK
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WWLTW for Friday 10/30/2015

Post by Riddick » 10-30-2015 12:24 AM

This week: The Internet's most famous troll, the Internet law you've already broken and the best place to die on Earth. LINK
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WWLTW for Friday 11/6/2015

Post by Riddick » 11-06-2015 06:52 AM

This week: Greasy food does not help a hangover, you can weld wood, people can see you liking teen bikini pics on Instagram, and the tanks in 'Star Wars' make no sense. LINK
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Post by Riddick » 11-13-2015 02:43 PM

This week: Why no one will live in the most expensive house in the world, you're tying your shoes wrong, Apple design has gone rotten, people who live alone have terrible diets and learning how to kickflip in less than 6 hours. LINK
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WWLTW for Friday 11/20/2015

Post by Riddick » 11-20-2015 03:00 AM

This week: The best flight to join the Mile High Club on is a red eye, you can pick a Master lock with a zip tie, cycling is stupid expensive, and the wrong way to dispose of leaves. LINK
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Re: What We Learned This Week

Post by Doka » 11-20-2015 11:39 AM

Poor Kisha, Yet another Victim. :(

Do you want to know how old I am? I had no idea what a "Kisha" was! :confused:
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Post by Riddick » 11-20-2015 05:50 PM

Doka wrote:Poor Kisha, Yet another Victim. :(

Do you want to know how old I am? I had no idea what a "Kisha" was! :confused:
Neither did I - and y'wanna know what else? The instant I saw the pic in the article, not only had I no desire to know anything more about her, it was too late!! Now I wish I didn't know what I hadn't already known -

Like the old meme says: "What Has Been Seen Cannot Be Unseen"

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/what-has- ... -be-unseen
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WWLTW for Friday 12/11/2015

Post by Riddick » 12-12-2015 05:12 PM

This week: The burden of good looks, why getting shot sucks and why vaginas are so big. LINK
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