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9 Of History’s Most Infamous Con Artists And The Scams They Almost Got Away With – All That’s Interesting

Slab City: "The Last Free Place In America", Is It Safe?? – Van Life Wanderer

Awesome gift idea for anybody who likes to ice fish, ski, or enjoys hikes in the snow. These long-lasting hand warmers work for up to 10 hours to provide extra heat – Amazon

COVID-19 kills daily record 3,580 in U.S. as second vaccine nears approval – Reuters

Vice President Pence to receive televised vaccine shot – Axios

FDA says Pfizer vaccine vials hold extra doses, expanding supply by up to 40% – Politico

‘Like a Hand Grasping’: Trump Appointees Describe the Crushing of the C.D.C. – NY Times

Lincoln’s Missing BodyguardWhat happened to Officer John Parker, the man who chose the wrong night to leave his post at Ford’s Theatre? – Smithsonian

The Streaming Wars Could Finally End in 2021 – Wired

Largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase files for IPO as bitcoin soars past $23,000 – CNBC

My Life Without Sugar :My plan was to have a sugar-free month. But now I feel so much better that I can’t imagine going back – The Guardian

Ancient Mud Reveals an Explanation for Sudden Collapse of the Mayan Empire – Inverse

Hot Mom Can’t Stop Taking Selfies…watch your kid lady…(video) – Leenks

MindGeek: The secretive owner of Pornhub and RedTube – ARS Technica

A digital tire pressure gauge is so much more accurate and easier to use than the manual one – Amazon

It’s Been A While Since We Checked In On The Fine People Of Walmart (50 Pics) – Ruin My Week

Inside New York’s Most Famous Apartment Building – Architectural Digest

Emmanuelle Chriqui, Alexandra Daddario and Other Random Women – G-Celeb

Walmart: Here’s What We’re Doing to Stop Bots From Snatching the PlayStation 5 – PC Mag

Instagram model Joselyn Cano dubbed the Mexican Kim Kardashian ‘dies aged 29 after a botched butt-lift surgery’ in Colombia – Daily Mail

A damn fine collection of hot Asian girls – The Viraler

Kylie Jenner and Kanye West Are Forbes’ Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2020 – Maxim

Math, Max Martin, and the Perfect Pop Song: The Secret History of Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way” – The Ringer

Covid-19 vaccine side effects, explained – VOX

Facebook criticizes Apple’s iOS privacy changes with full-page newspaper ads – The Verge

Charted: How COVID-19 Has Changed Employment in the U.S. Industry – How Much

Good Guy Policeman Looks Out For Dog (video) – Leenks

Biden, Pence Make Preparations To Get COVID-19 Vaccine – NPR

Congressional leaders add stimulus checks to $900 billion relief package as they near deal – Reuters

The best Lego set for adults. Fun to put together and awesome to display – Amazon

A Complete Guide to Brindle French Bulldogs – Ned Hardy

An ex-cop held an A/C repairman at gunpoint over a false claim he had 750,000 fake ballots – Houston Chronicle

Bitcoin breaks above $20,000 for the first time ever – CNBC

The Definitive Superfood Ranking – Outside

The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020 – Rolling Stone

Instagram model with over 12 million followers dies after plastic surgery in Colombia – Meaww

Wannabe Instagram star allegedly ripped mom’s heart out in shocking murder – NY Post

These Photos Are Painful, But We All Need to See Them – Feature Shoot

Snowflake CEO Collects a $108 Million Payout — Every Month – Bloomberg

MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, gave away more than $4 billion over the last 4 months to help those impacted economically by the pandemic – CBS

The Four Things That Make Practically Everyone Feel Loved, According to a New Survey – Quartz

Gal Gadot Has The Correct Reaction To Trying Taco Bell For The First Time – Ruin My Week

Door Dash pays their drivers $1.45/hr after expenses according to a study – Payup

AUDIO LEAK: Raging Tom Cruise warns movie crew they’re ‘f***ing gone’ if they break covid rules – The Sun

Trump Quickly Identifies As Woman So Kamala Harris Can’t Claim To Be The First Female President – Babylon Bee

How the COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer compare head to head – LA Times

What the Dippin’ Dots ‘cold chain’ can teach us about COVID-19 vaccines – Popular Science

These Conservation Stories Prove 2020 Was Not All Bad News – Smithsonian

Instagram Model Claims Her Giant Fake Boobs Kept a Well-Known Soccer Player From Going Public With Their Relationship – Egotastic Sports

Hennessey Venom F5 First Look: America’s 1,800-HP, 311-MPH Hypercar – Motor Trend

33 Stupidly Simple Ways To Spread Positivity In A Shitty Year – Thought Catalog

An Agent’s Mistake Cost an N.B.A. Player $3 Million. He Paid Him Back – AM

The price of electric car batteries has dropped 89% in 10 years – Fast Co

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

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

A damn fine collection of babes, awesomeness and everything in between – Leenks

Photos And Videos That Will Put A Smile On Your Face – Ned Hardy

CDC director: US COVID-19 deaths likely to exceed 9/11 toll for 60 days – The Hill

The FDA says it will authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, paving the way for people in the US to start getting shots as early as Monday – Business Insider

If you clothes come out of the washing machine and still smell like shit, use this – Amazon

This is a must have for all the campers, road trippers and preppers out there – Amazon

OnlyFans Is a Billion-Dollar Media Giant Hiding in Plain Sight – Bloomberg

Why More Young Guys Are Embracing the Sugar Daddy Life – Inside Hook

Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister, who played Deebo in ‘Friday,’ dies – AP News

Every Star Wars Announcement from Disney Investor Day! Including The Ahsoka Series! – The Mary Sue

Hayden Christensen returning as Darth Vader in Obi-Wan Kenobi – The Verge

How to Prevent Your Mobile Number From Being Ported – The Balance

Piers Morgan: “I am not the bag lady in Home Alone 2” – AV Club

‘Star Wars’ Spinoffs on Ahsoka Tano and ‘Rangers of the New Republic’ Coming to Disney Plus – Variety

This book will seriously make you a better cook. It takes a science approach to cooking and will help you understand cooking on another level – Amazon

31 Ridiculous “Tough Guy” Shirts That Are Trying Just A Little Too Hard – Ruin My Week

Reps. Tulsi Gabbard And Markwayne Mullin Introduce Bill That Would Allow Only Biological Females In Women’s Sports – Sports Illustrated

Watch Drug Smugglers Flee Police While Dumping Bales of Hash in Dramatic Speedboat Chase – Maxim

This Emotional Intelligence Test Was So Accurate It Was Creepy – Fast Co

Mastercard and Visa will stop processing payments to Pornhub – Mashable

You’re Only As Good As Your Worst Day – Farnam Street

Disney+ emerges as an early winner of streaming wars, expects up to 260 million subscribers by 2024 – CNBC

Instagram Crush: Angie Laliotis (19 Photos) – Suburban Men

51 Of The Most Incredible Song Lyrics Ever Written – BuzzFeed

Jessie James Decker Wishes Us a “Happy Thirst-day” – Egotastic Sports

Top 10 Disturbing Things Facebook Knows About You Right Now – Listverse

Your Organs, Ranked by How Much You Need Them to Live – Mel Magazine

12 Strange Traditions and Rituals Practiced Around The World – Van Life Wanderer

US sets new single-day record with over 3,000 COVID-19 deaths – Fox News

If you like comfortable and cozy, look no futher. These are the king of all sweatpants – Amazon

The 100 Best Songs of 2020 – Pitchfork

5 Undeniable Long-Term Trends Shaping Society’s Future – Visual Capitalist

See how COVID-19 vaccines will get to your neighborhood – Popular Science

How I Approach the Toughest Decisions – Barack Obama

Couple Killed, Their 3 Young Children In Critical Condition After DUI Crash In Newport Beach – CBS Local

Boxer Adrien Broner Asks Fans For $13 Donation To Avoid Launching OnlyFans Page – Hot New Hip Hop

Woman Arrested for Organizing $20k Hit on Her Parents Via Dark Web – Dark Net Daily

‘The Perfect Storm’: How Vaccine Misinformation Spread To The Mainstream – NPR

Beat Stress Like a Navy SEAL With This Ridiculously Easy Exercise – INC

Bodybuilder Attempts To Compensate (video) – Leenks

Apple AirPods Max first look: lots to prove – The Verge

I Took Five Years Worth Of Spare Car Parts To The Scrapyard. Here’s How Much Money I Made – Jalopnik

A mesh network could solve most, if not all, of your Wi-Fi problems. It’s basically a system of multiple Wi-Fi stations that work together to blanket every corner of your home with a strong wireless data connection – Amazon

“There Was A Pandemic?” What Life Is Like In Countries Without COVID – BuzzFeed News

Hot Fit Girls Show Off Their Sporty Figure – The Viraler

30 Mistakes Women Make While Sleeping With Men – Thought Catalog

The One Small Question That Just Might Save Your Relationship – Mel Magazine

Nice visualization of the differnce betweeen left and right in America – Information Is Beautiful

That Time I Attended a Destination Wedding at a Pyramid Scheme Recruitment Conference – Fodors

10 Questions You’ve Always Wanted to Ask About Bipolar Disorder – VICE

The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months – The Guardian

2020 In Photos: A Year Like No Other – NY Times

A History of Tug-of-War Fatalities – Priceconomics

I can’t say enough great things about theses sleep gummies! It’s not like they knock you out but they help you feel drowsy and ease you into sleep – Amazon

5 Pieces of Essential Life Advice From Seniors – Ideas

The Quantum Internet Will Blow Your Mind. Here’s What It Will Look Like – Discover

Why Do We Even Listen to New Music? – Pitchfork

An Oral History of the Day Everything Changed – Wired

Why an Apple search engine has a real shot at competing with Google – Fast Co

Street Fighter 3: An oral history – Polygon

James Harden Is Pushing Player Empowerment to Its Limits – The Ringer

Redditors Share 24 Scams They Fell For So Others Won’t – Bored Panda

A heated mattress pad is the best thing ever. Everyone needs to experience the magic of a toasty bed in the middle of winter – Amazon

25 Of The Most Karen-y Karen Moments Of 2020 – Ruin My Week

America’s highest-paid legal sex worker is suing Nevada for the lack of work during the pandemic, urging the state to reopen brothels – Insider

The 10 Most Analyzed Movies of All Time – Taste of Cinema

This Impossibly Black Lancer Evolution Uses Special Paint To Break Your Brain – Jalopnik

Breakdancing Will Be An Official Sport In the 2024 Paris Olympics – Maxim

Secrets Costco doesn’t want you to know – Mashed

Escalator Confuses People at the First Mall in Camaroon and Other Videos of the Day – Drunken Stepfather

How to Be Successfully Content with Your Life – Tiny Buddha

Dianne Guerrero, Eva Longoria and Other Random Women – G-Celeb

How the Japanese Lead the World in Longevity Without Going to the Gym – Inside Hook

How the world will look in 2050 with sex robots and 10 hours a day spent in virtual reality – The Sun

The music rights boom, explained – The Hustle

Grandmother, 90, gets first Covid jab as UK starts vaccine drive – NPR

FDA Says Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine Meets Success Criteria – WSJ

This book totally shifted my perception of investing and accumlating wealth and I seriously wish I had read it earlier – Amazon

With guns drawn, police raid home and seize computers of COVID-19 data whistleblower – The Verge

Supreme Court rejects Trump ally’s push to overturn Biden win in Pennsylvania – CNBC

Burner phones and banking apps: Meet the Chinese ‘brokers’ laundering Mexican drug money – Reuters

In 2020, AP photographers captured a world in distress – AP News

Former Israeli space security chief says aliens exist, humanity not ready – The Jerusalem Post

13 Highest Paid Dead Celebrities In 2020 – Ruin My Week

How Giving Up Refined Sugar Changed My Brain – Fast Co

Seven thought experiments that will make you question everything – Big Think

The 10 Most Analyzed Movies of All Time – Taste of Cinema

How Melbourne eradicated Covid-19 – VOX

This thing does an excellent job at trimming your beard, your mustache, your pubes and any other body hair – Amazon

The Man Who Found Forrest Fenn’s Hidden Treasure – Outside

Where Presidents Go to Dine in the Nation’s Capital: A survey of DC restaurants beloved by everyone from Ulysses S. Grant to Joe Biden – Inside Hook

Futurists Tell Us The Most Amazing And Scary Things To Expect In The Future – BuzzFeed

Unidentified illness hospitalizes more than 300 people in India – CNN

26 Pictures Of America After The Attack On Pearl Harbor – BuzzFeed News

The first Apple Silicon Geekbench results are in — and they’re damn impressive – The Next Web

In Order To Appeal To Suburban Christian Women, Vaccine To Be Distributed Through A Pyramid Scheme – Babylon Bee

Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic 2 is coming to phones – Polygon

Kim Kardashian Models Tiny Green Bikini in New Instagram Photo Shoot – Maxim

20 Beautiful Actresses Who Famously Got Naked – Maxim

Smart Money-Saving Year-End Tax Moves To Make – Financial Samurai

Christmas came early thanks to these babes in – The Chive

Miss Thailand Bridge Collapse and Other Videos of the Day – Drunken Stepfather

What Explains the Decline of Serial Killers? – Discover

A damn fine collection of babes, awesomeness and everything in between – Leenks

The Mimic Octopus – Nature’s Most Astonishing Shape-Shifter – Ned Hardy

Make Peace With Your Unlived Life – HBR

Don’t buy oven mitts, get welders gloves! They can protect from higher heat, are built sturdier, and sometimes have flame decals on them so you can run faster – Amazon

The Death of Zappos’s Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and Extreme Behavior – WSJ

25-year-old becomes billionaire overnight with company he founded at 17 – NY Post

10 Habits of Highly Resilient People – Psychology Today

30 Years On, the ‘Worst Car Ever Built’ Has a Fervent Fan Club – Atlas Obscura

‘They’re ripping us apart’: Bay Area small business owners talk new lockdown – SF Gate

Why Do Dogs Love Us? Science Explains – Inverse

Use This Method from a Former NASA Engineer to Defog Your Windshield in No Time – Life Hacker

2020 Has Been One Godawful Year, but Not for OnlyFans – Gizmodo

If you have to move or lift heavy objects and place it from one place to another, this is an absolute must have – Amazon

13 Highest Paid Dead Celebrities In 2020 – Ruin My Week

Michelin-star chefs share 7 easy dinners that take almost no prep – Insider

OnlyFans Suspended YouTuber Gabi DeMartino’s Account After She Sold A Video Of Herself As A Toddler Flashing The Camera – BuzzFeed

The Extremists Knocking on Doors and Claiming People’s Homes – The Daily Beasts

Trump is reportedly planning a made-for-TV exit on Air Force One from the White House to a rally on Inauguration Day – Business Insider

This family bet everything on bitcoin when it was $900 – and bought more when it crashed in 2018 – CNBC

7 Bizarre Witch Tests That Were Basically Impossible To Pass – All That’s Interesting

Woman Punches Cop In Face Twice, Instantly Regrets It – Linkiest

English Smokeshow Soccer Player Madelene Wright Gets Cut for Partying on Leaked Snapchat Videos – Egotastic Sports

Megan Fox, Caylee Cowan and Other Random Women – G-Celeb

The World’s Largest IPOs Adjusted For Inflation – Visual Capitalist

Just a Dude Using his Piss to Wash his Face and Other Videos of the Day – Drunken Stepfather

7 Common Investing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them – The Simple Dollar

Bob Dylan Sells His Songwriting Catalog in Blockbuster Deal – DNYUZ

Photos And Videos That Will Put A Smile On Your Face – Ned Hardy

House passes historic bill to decriminalize cannabis – NBC

The most striking images of 2020 – BBC

If you are serious about having a sharp knife and not taking years off your knife with an electric sharpener, learn how to use a whetstone – Amazon

This untranslatable Danish word is the key to lowering stress – Popular Science

How Much Money Can You Make Selling Drugs on the Dark Web? – Mel Magazine

Top 50 Songs of 2020 – Consequence of Sound

YouTuber Stas Reeflay arrested after girlfriend dies in livestream – NY Post

What Americans can learn from Scandanavians, the happiest people in the world – Thrillist

Treat your dog for Christmas with this super soft orthopedic dog bed – Amazon

What is a National Park Pass and why you need one! – Van Life Wanderer

“I Was Today Years Old When I Learned…” (50 Interesting Facts) – Ruin My Week

Miley Cyrus Reveals How She’s Been Practicing Safe Sex During COVID-19 Pandemic – Maxim

10 Immersive Hard Sci-Fi Video Games – The Portalist

Hot Girls In Yoga Pants Compilation (nsfw) – Leenks

This $100,000-a-Night ‘Empathy Suite’ in Las Vegas is The World’s Most Expensive Hotel Room – Maxim

20 Women Describe How Awful The Sex Was When They Lost Their Virginity – Thought Catalog

This Therapist Is Trying To Cure ‘Nice Guys’ – The Establishment

Heroin Users Who’ve OD’d Talk About Being Brought Back from the Brink – VICE

I’m a financial planner and my most successful clients taught me 8 strategies that are crucial for building wealth – Business Insider

How I Read 100 Books in One Year (and How You Can, Too) – Book Riot

3 Reasons Why You’re More Attractive Than You Think – Psychology Today

Ranked: The World’s Richest Families in 2020 – Visual Capitalist

AI has cracked a problem that stumped biologists for 50 years. It’s a huge deal – VOX