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FAJITA FAITH

Step Inside The Church Of Chili's

Like most restaurant chains, there's plenty that's cheesy about Chili's Grill and Bar. But there is also something special — something that converts its most devoted employees into enthusiastic, unblinking evangelists.

IT'S BEEN A ROUGH COUPLE YEARS

Why Does This Man Seem To Die In Every Terrorist Attack?

10 diggs observers.france24.com World Curious

Among other attacks, this man has reportedly died in the Orlando shooting, on the crashed EgyptAir flight, and in the Istanbul airport attacks. But he's very much alive.

JAMES BOND IS PLEASED

Aston Martin Built An F1 Car For The Road And It's Amazing

3 diggs The Verge Cars

How much does all this advanced design and technology cost then? Somewhere between $2.65 million and $4 million, depending on the options selected, which include a training course to educate drivers who are new to this class of automobile.

COUNSELING WE DIGG ǀ SPONSORED

Don't Bottle Up Your Emotions

8 diggs betterhelp.com Sponsored

BetterHelp is a message-based counseling app that lets you connect with licensed, accredited therapists wherever you are, whenever you need it. Try it out today and get your first week free.

OUCH

Don't Mess With The Jumping Cholla Cactus

12 diggs Video Nature Video

Don't even attempt a demonstration to explain how dangerous the cholla cactus is, as things could very quickly go awry.

'IT BREAKS MY HEART STILL'

What You're Doing When You Call My Brother 'Retarded'

0 diggs adequateman.deadspin.com Personal Essay Human Nature Language

I have never been a violent person, at least not instinctively. Whenever I was teased as a child, I’d opt for silence or a quick joke, usually at my own expense. All of that wit and restraint dissipated, however, whenever I saw anyone making fun of my older brother Sean.

AUGUST WILL NOW BE CALLED 'ANDROID'

It’s A Bad Time To Buy An iPhone

5 diggs wsj.com Technology

Whether or not Apple’s next overhaul of the iPhone meets your needs, you should still wait until September to commit to a new phone.

THIS IS INSANELY IMPRESSIVE

Whiz Kid With Perfect Pitch And Incredible Hearing Will Not Be Stumped

10 diggs Video Music Cute Video

You can mash as many keys together as you want but wunderkind Dylan will still be able to break down each note.

WHEN THE COMMENTERS TURN ON YOU...

Possibly The Worst Manager In The World Seeks Advice On How To Continue To Be A Terrible Manager

13 diggs askamanager.org Human Nature Curious Funny

The title of this particular edition of Ask A Manager is "My best employee quit on the spot because I wouldn’t let her go to her college graduation." And, somehow, it manages to go downhill from there.

STRANGE SIBLING BONDING

America's First Serial Killers Were Two Terrifying Brothers

4 diggs the-line-up.com Crime Histories

This deadly pair from 18th century America left a bloody trail across the frontier as they slaughtered men, women, and children to satisfy their bloodlust.

KINDA GRAPHIC

Mortified Magician Screws Up, Impales TV Host's Hand On Spike

20 diggs Video TV Curious Video

If a magician ever asks to use one of your body parts in a potentially dangerous magic trick, here's a good argument for not allowing them to do so.

OH.

Hillary Clinton’s Email Problems Might Be Even Worse Than We Thought

5 diggs Washington Post Election 2016 News Politics

Here's the good news for Hillary Clinton: The FBI has recommended no charges be brought following its investigation of the former secretary of state's private email server. Here's the bad news: Just about everything else.

WATER OVER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE

Can New York City Be Saved?

20 diggs Rolling Stone Cities Long Reads

The future of America's greatest city is at risk in the era of global warming.

SUNLIGHT IS OVERRATED

The Future Of Farming Will Involve No Soil, 95% Less Water, And Trippy LED Lights

5 diggs Video Agriculture Technology Video

Vertical farming might just be the solution to our agriculture problems — this indoor farm grows greens using a special process called "aeroponics," relying only on air and mist.

WAXING POETIC

Scents And Sensibility

14 diggs Racked Culture Business Curious Long Reads

How Yankee Candle took over the world, one wacky smell at a time.

TURNED INSIDE OUT

How The Anti-Brexit Campaign Failed

1 digg The Guardian Long Reads World

They promised it would be an easy victory. But they had no idea what was about to hit them

I CAN RIDE MY BIKE ON MY HANDLEBARS

Guy Decides That Bike Pedals Are For The Weak, Rides Around On His Handle Bars

1 digg vid.me Video Sports Curious Video

These BMX people never stop trying to ride bikes the way they were clearly NOT designed to be ridden.

GEORGE SAUNDERS INVESTIGATES

Who Are All These Trump Supporters?

31 diggs The New Yorker Election 2016 Long Reads Politics

Award-winning author George Saunders attends a few Trump rallies and, predictably, delivers one of the most nuanced portraits of the Followers of Donald.

'NO CHARGES ARE APPROPRIATE'

FBI Director James Comey Announces No Criminal Charges In Clinton Email Servers Scandal

8 diggs News Election 2016 Law Politics Video

According to Director Comey, out of 30,000 emails, 110 messages in 52 chains contained classified information, eight of which deemed top secret.

FROM THE DIGG STORE

The Pay-What-You-Want Way To Learn Ethical Hacking

7 diggs store.digg.com Digg Store

Listen up white hat hackers: this seven-course training bundle teaches you how to (ethically) hack Node.js apps, Windows OS, wi-fi devices and more.

THAT'S NO MOON (WAIT YES IT IS)

New Theory On The Origins Of Mars' Moons Involves A Huge Asteroid Impact

6 diggs Gizmodo Space Science

Phobos and Deimos, Mars’ lumpy, runty moons, were once pegged as captured asteroids. But the truth is shaping up to be far more interesting. These ruddy satellites could be the lone survivors of a giant impact that eviscerated half of Mars’ surface billions of years ago.

A PORK BARREL

How Florida Became The Temporary Center Of Space Travel

3 diggs Atlas Obscura Space Histories Long Reads Politics

Cape Canaveral's fortunes rose with NASA, then fell.

STEALTH KILLED

What Went Wrong With 'Starcraft: Ghost'

2 diggs Polygon Gaming Culture Histories Long Reads

The story of 'StarCraft: Ghost' is a complicated one that spans two development studios, a buyout by Blizzard and declarations that, even though no work was being done on the game, it was never technically canceled.

'WELL, HERE I AM, AND HERE WE ARE'

Observer Writer Pens Open Letter In Response To Trump's Anti-Semitic Tweet

11 diggs Observer Election 2016 Culture Politics Race

Donald Trump is currently under fire for a tweet with anti-Semitic undertones. Dana Schwartz is Jewish and a writer at The Observer — which is owned by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. On Tuesday she wrote an open-letter to Kushner.

'MY HEART'S BIG, IT'S GOT HOT BLOOD'

Alex Jones Gets Mad As Hell Talking About Himself

3 diggs Video Human Nature Culture Internet Media

Every day, noted conspiracy theorist enthusiast Alex Jones hosts a daily news commentary show on InfoWars.com. On his show on Monday, July 4, Jones launched into one of his famous tirades... about himself.

POWERING UP

Why Elon Musk Is Bringing Tesla And Solar City Together

2 diggs Quartz Business

It might be difficult to see the value of the Solar City purchase right now, but there is a logic to the deal, and it has to do with something called "net metering."

WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR PLANE

Could Floating Airports Finally Happen?

7 diggs CNN Aviation Architecture

Airports need a lot of space, but in the places most in need of air connections — islands and large metropolises — it's a commodity that's in short supply. Could floating airports be a solution?

WELL WHAT DO JUNO

After A 5-Year Journey, NASA's Juno Probe Is In Orbit Around Jupiter

31 diggs Mashable Space News Science

NASA's pioneering Juno probe to Jupiter has survived a harrowing ride to enter into orbit around the huge planet, the agency announced at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on Monday.

SOME LIKE IT RAW

The FDA’s Abstinence-Only Stance On Raw Cookie Dough Is Unrealistic And Alarmist

9 diggs Slate Magazine Food Health

A closer look at the reasons behind the FDA’s recommendations reveals that they might, just maybe, be exaggerating the risks of cookie dough.

REAGAN HAD SOME BORING CAKES

All The President's Cakes

1 digg muckrock.com Photos Food Politics

What better way to celebrate the Freedom of Information Act’s 50th birthday than with publicly available photos of our nation’s highest office scarfing down loads of frosted pastry?

ONE IS FUNNY?

What's The Difference Between British Humor And American Humor?

10 diggs Video TV Culture Explainer Video

Since the early days of TV, people have laughed at different things depending on which side of the pond they're living on. "Now You See It" looks at "The Office" as a sort of case study for the two schools of comedy.

A LACK OF EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY

PBS Kinda Sorta Faked Its July 4 Fireworks Show

4 diggs NPR TV Media News

After being called out for editing its live broadcast of the fireworks in Washington, DC, to show fireworks bursting in clear air — on a night in which the weather was dominated by fog, low clouds and misting rain — PBS called it "the patriotic thing to do."

MADE TO BE CONFUSING

These Crazy Russian Bullets Don't Seem Normal

16 diggs Video Technology

These Russian slugs with veined holes in the middle look vicious. The damage they cause is even worse.

DEFINITELY NOT CHEAP HEAT

Is This $1,800 Hotplate Really Worth It?

6 diggs Bloomberg Food Curious Technology

Breville's Control Freak alleges itself to be “the world's first controlled induction cooking system to accurately measure, set and hold every cooking temperature from 86-482°F.”

#LINTONLIES

People Are Calling Bullshit On This Woman's 'Gap Year In Africa' Memoir

8 diggs BuzzFeed Curious Books World

Louise Linton wrote about caring for an HIV-positive orphan and hiding out from murderous rebels. Sounds terrifying — except people say her story doesn’t add up.

THE THEME SONG IS VERY DIFFERENT

Watch The 'Seinfeld' Pilot, Which Debuted 27 Years Ago Today

12 diggs Vimeo Video TV Histories Video

And 27 years later, we're still watching these four lovable dorks barely making it day-by-day.

A SHOCKING PAST

The 'Gay-Cure' Experiments That Were Written Out Of Scientific History

19 diggs Long Reads Science

In one of the great forgotten stories of neuroscience, Robert Heath claimed to have cured homosexuality by implanting electrodes into the pleasure center of the brain.

WRT54GL: GOAT

A 54Mbps Router From 2005 Still Makes Millions For Linksys

21 diggs Ars Technica Technology Culture

Open source firmware, reliability make an old product attractive to new buyers.

BECAUSE IT'S MADE IN SWITZERLAND?

The Damn Good Reason There's A Hole In Your Spaghetti Spoon

44 diggs Popular Mechanics Design Food

The spaghetti scoop: the only kitchen utensil with a built-in lifehack.

ASTRONOMY: WHERE SIZE REALLY MATTERS

China's New Record-Breaking Telescope Is Absolutely Massive

36 diggs Video Space Technology Video

China's new Aperture Spherical Telescope will be the largest functioning telescope in the world when it begins to work in September. The BBC takes an up close look at the giant.