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Toronto’s Poop-Themed Cafe
Serving chocolate soft-serve, pudding and other brown desserts, a new cafe is set to open in Toronto—and it’s poop-themed. Lien Nguyen (the cafe owner) says that the aim is “trying to make …
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Twitter’s Identity as a News Organization
For many dedicated Twitter users, the service feels like it’s populated by only a few types of people: journalists, celebrities, comedians and those watching it all unfold. This spring, the Twitter app …
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Depressing News About Alcohol
Bad news for wine enthusiasts and cocktail experts: alcohol has been directly linked to several types of cancer in a new study published in “Addiction.” More than liver cancer (which, of course, …
Via wired.com
Official Star Wars Drones
Hold on to your helmets: unveiled in London yesterday by Propel, four official Star Wars drones—a speeder bike, an X-Wing, the Millennium Falcon and a Tie fighter. The quadcopters promise to fly …
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State of Great Barrier Reef Worsens
After a very recent survey of the Great Barrier Reef (specifically the region near Lizard Island), Justin Marshall—who works at the University of Queensland and is the chief investigator of citizen science …
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Edward Snowden’s Design Will Check if Your iPhone’s Snitching
Edward Snowden has been researching with hardware hacker Andrew “Bunnie” Huang to design a device that will check on your iPhone—just to make sure if it is (or, rather, isn’t) snitching on …
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Shop Art Theft
Several artists previously highlighted by CH (from Tuesday Bassen to Adam J Kurtz, Big Bud Press and Stay Home Club) have found themselves the victims of art theft by huge retailers. Since …
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Samsung Blends National Anthems into One
Considering the current world climate—sadly an anti-globalization fear seems to be gaining momentum—Samsung’s Olympics commercial is incredibly timely. The advertisement blends a bunch of national anthems into one, with people from all …
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Great Wall of China Underwater
In 1977 the Chinese government evacuated Xichengyu Village, destroyed its buildings and intentionally flooded the nearby valley in order to create the Panjiakou Reservoir. Thus, a new source of drinking water was …
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Next Level Edibles
With the cannabis industry growing from strength to strength and the knowledge that most people who have tried edibles have also had a bad experience, the team at Defonce Chocolatier (founded by …