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How To Land A Plane in 'Non-Normal' Situations, Failed Airlines That Were Too Weird For This World, and more.

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FLIGHT RISKS SURVIVING WITH FLYING COLORS How To Land A Plane in 'Non-Normal' Situations wired.com Let's imagine you find yourself on an airplane, in the sky, without a pilot. You are in a non-normal situation. FLIGHTS OF FANCY Failed Airlines That Were Too Weird For This World paleofuture.gizmodo.com Flying used to be more luxurious, but it also used to be much more expensive. Which is perhaps why America saw so many strange airlines crop up in the 1980s after the airline industry was deregulated in 1978, abolishing government mandates on the price of fares and the kinds of routes that airlines could fly. THIS WILL NOT FLY Just How BS Is The Pre-Takeoff Airline Safety Talk? melmagazine.com It's basically only applicable to a very narrow window between "normal flight" and "exploding flaming death all over the sky." NOTHING IN THE WORLD LIKE IT WATCH: The Most Dangerous Amusement Park In American History digg.com A local emergency room reportedly received between 5 and 10 people with injuries suffered at the park every single day. OFFERS WE DIGG An Insane Credit Card Offering 0% Interest Until June 2020 nextadvisor.com This jaw-dropping card is offering 0% APR for 14 Months and 5% back in rotating categories. Pay no interest until June 2020 and double your cash back. GRAB BAG LIFTING THE VEIL These Ads Think They Know You nytimes.com The New York Times picked 16 categories (like registered Democrats or people trying to lose weight) and targeted ads at people in them. But instead of trying to sell cars or prescription drugs, they used the ads to reveal the invisible information itself. ANTE UP AND UP AND UP How A Poker Expert Made His Fortune — One Cent At A Time vox.com Honing his skills at microstakes online poker allowed Nathan Williams to quit his job and move to Thailand. 'THE LAND BEFORE TIME' TIMES INFINITY What If The Asteroid Never Killed The Dinosaurs? gizmodo.com If things had shaken out differently — if the asteroid had stayed in its place, and the dinosaurs allowed to proceed with their business — what would things have looked like? VIDEO OF THE DAY THE RINGS ARE... PORTALS? The First 'Sonic The Hedgehog Trailer' Is Here And It's Exceedingly Dumb digg.com Whether this ends up being "good and fun dumb" or "just bad dumb" remains to be seen, but it will — 100% — be dumb. IN THE NEWS There's An Impossible 2.0 Burger Shortage And Restaurants Are Losing Out Army Vet's Plot To Bomb White Nationalist Rally As 'Retribution' For New Zealand Shooting Foiled By Feds Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Resigns 'Boyz N The Hood' Director John Singleton Dies At 51 Uber And Lyft Stop Accepting New Drivers In New York City Indonesia Is Moving Its Capital City Because Jakarta Is Sinking Into The Sea DIGG PICKS Are You Brave Enough For These Levitating Whiskey Cups? huckberry.com The Levitating Cup is designed to float a cup of your favorite beverage inches above the base where you can grab it from midair when you're ready for a sip. Block out your distractions and go in for the win. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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