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Post by Riddick » 02-14-2015 03:01 AM

WWLTW for Friday 2/13/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • Feral hogs are taking over the South.

    You can design shirts with bleach and freezer paper.

    Dinosaurs may have eaten hallucinogenic fungi.

    A man looks back fondly at the one time he had sex with a dolphin.

    People are more likely to trust strangers on the Internet than actual experts.
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Post by Riddick » 02-21-2015 12:44 AM

WWLTW for Friday 2/20/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • Being the night guard at a museum is way better than Ben Stiller made it out to be.

    Scientists want to grow foreskins back like a salamander.

    A nice man wants you to back his fake baby water bottle.

    One St. Louis band tried to raise money to kill their drummer and keep punk alive.

    Sound mixing is extraordinarily complicated.
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Post by Riddick » 02-28-2015 01:40 AM

WWLTW for Friday 2/27/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • An engineer made beer from wastewater.

    There are ways to sign Internet slang.

    Amsterdam has run out of places to park its bicycles.

    Video game designers can't figure out how boobs work.

    Monks enjoy a snowball fight as much as everyone else.
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Post by Riddick » 03-07-2015 12:35 AM

WWLTW for Friday 3/6/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • Big Pizza is spending a lot of dough on lobbyists.

    It's not easy to pass snacks around in a fighter jet.

    There is too much poop on Mount Everest.

    Casual sex is improving America's marriages.

    Bees busted NYC's biggest weed grower.
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Post by Riddick » 03-13-2015 04:53 PM

WWLTW for Friday 3/13/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • Your Internet sucks because of bureaucracy.

    London needs a death pyramid.

    The best way to not get Swatted.

    Star Wars started the Wilhelm Scream in-joke.

    Magnetic putty is cool and gross.
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Post by Riddick » 03-27-2015 05:23 PM

WWLTW for Friday 3/27/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • Breakfast is NOT the most important meal of the day.

    There are nearly 200 people running for President.

    Tops spin much better in a vacuum.

    The machines now decide if you get that job, based on your voice.

    White oak is good for shipbuilding, red oak is not.
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Post by Riddick » 04-04-2015 01:10 AM

WWLTW for Friday 4/3/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • Cheese changed the course of Western civilization.

    Everyone's favorite time of day is 7:00 P.M.

    The Internet is incredibly efficient at ruining someone.

    Ants handle zero-gravity surprisingly well.

    Life is hard when you're allergic to Wi-Fi.
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Post by Riddick » 04-10-2015 03:33 AM

WWLTW for Friday 4/10/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • The US is not running out of bourbon.

    You should eat broccolli stalks.

    The formula for Internet dog fame is to have a goofy dog.

    Alien life is just 20 years away.

    Working at Apple is a nightmare.
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Post by Riddick » 04-17-2015 06:01 PM

WWLTW for Friday 4/17/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • DVDs are responsible for 'Game of Thrones' leaks.

    The design of the aluminum can is unassumingly brilliant.

    Insanity is contagious.

    Senator Chuck Grassley's Twitter account reflects his Lassiez-Faire politics.

    A scythe slices through grass faster than a weed whacker.
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Post by Riddick » 04-24-2015 03:49 AM

WWLTW for Friday 4/24/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • Competitive vaping is the latest extreme sport.

    Size matters when it comes to the spikes on a Stegosaurus.

    How a world class 'Super Smash Bros.' player thinks.

    A huge 10 ton ball of wet wipes and congealed fat was found in a London sewer.

    When going online will send you to prison.
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Post by Riddick » 05-01-2015 04:11 PM

WWLTW for Friday 5/1/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • There is an Internet community for pimple popping, cyst oozing and boil lancing.

    An ancient megadrought entombed dodos in a poisonous fecal cocktail.

    The paper clip is the way it is because it is perfect.

    A $3.50 cup of single-origin coffee generates nearly $1 of pure profit.

    The proper way to fall off a skateboard is to pretend you're a cat.
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Post by Riddick » 05-08-2015 05:29 PM

WWLTW for Friday 5/8/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • Flattery won't get you everywhere, friendship will.

    We sent a dick pic to the moon and we're doing it again.

    A leaf blower will turn a chiminea into a raging furnace.

    Ken Jennings is a robot and his "Jeopardy!" streak will never be broken.

    The Internet lead a Hasidic man to exile.
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Post by Riddick » 05-15-2015 03:16 PM

NOTICE: Just now seems all signs say Digg's doing away with the WWLTW feature and replacing it with another titled "Seven Important Facts To Share This Weekend", essentially the same thing under a new name. As I'm into sharing, I'll continue here by posting the link each week. Here's the latest:

http://digg.com/2015/the-mating-screams ... ther-facts

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Post by Riddick » 05-22-2015 04:44 PM

WWLTW for Friday 5/22/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • The first snake had hind legs.

    Raindrops are mathmatically impossible.

    Mountains are not the shape you think they are.

    An amputee built his own extreme prothesis.

    It pays to be a jerk.
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Post by Riddick » 05-29-2015 05:05 PM

WWLTW for Friday 5/29/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • Part of the Apollo 10 mission featured feces in float.

    No really, never use water to put out a grease fire.

    The hottest place on Earth is a heated debate.

    You're cooking your rice wrong.

    The machines will eventually destroy us.
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