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Today's highlights The Real Story That Inspired "Lolita" Is Somehow More Disturbing Than The Book In 1948, 11-year-old Sally Horner was kidnapped and held hostage for two years as her kidnapper drove her… Weird History8 min read The Chinese Buddhist Billionaire Who Wants to Fix Your Brain China's first internet titan is throwing billions at the mysteries of our gray matter Bryan Walsh in OneZero17 min read The Calorie Myth Calorie counting has become a religion in Western countries — but we're getting it all wrong Matthew MacDonald in Elemental8 min read To Understand Facebook, Study Capgras Syndrome This mental disorder gives us a unique insight into the digital age Nautilus14 min read Best in Cryptocurrency Global Energy Inequality Goes Deeper Than Bitcoin Californians alone use more power playing games and heating their pools than entire countries in Africa. That… Todd Moss in OneZero5 min read Remember, Bitcoin Is Just a Game Writer JP Koning on why bitcoin is more lottery than investment JP Koning7 min read The World Is Waking Up to What Blockchain Is Doing to Money It will take time, but cryptocurrencies are becoming the 'trust machine' of finance Nicky Woolf6 min read Best in True Crime To Combat Thieves, Farmers are Spraying their Goods with an Invisible… But is Smartwater CSI Just 'Scientific Hogwash'? Jessica Pishko in OneZero15 min read My Subject, My Stalker, My Friend The peculiar appeal of a prison pen pal Elizabeth Greenwood6 min read The Real Reason We Can't Stop Watching True Crime A roundtable with four of crime media's most notable hosts Laura Barcella in GEN9 min read Best in Makers The Go-Granny-Go Boho Granny Square Inspired by the Little Old Lady from Pasadena Leslie Stahlhut in Free Crochet Patterns and Tutorials3 min read Build Actual Things With Your Actual Hands In today's age, we can work around the clock, and while we might write books, build software, publish podcast… Steve Glaveski in Steve Glaveski3 min read Best in Art Nature By Design Part 1: How fauna and flora shaped the human mind. Georges Hattab in Nightingale11 min read How to Get Started with Illustration (Part 3) Get your work out there and rack up experience Frances To in Modus6 min read The Inspiration Behind Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man A look at the classic drawing stripped down to its essence Walter Isaacson10 min read Most read Today's Vagenda You can't topple the patriarchy without a plan Sara Schaefer in Human Parts2 min read Confessions of an Oversaver Financial paranoia seems like a good problem to have, but it's still a problem Devon Price in Human Parts9 min read How Twitter Helped Me Realize I Was in an Abusive Marriage My ex had made my world smaller, but my online friends still got through Audrey Zetta in Human Parts6 min read Editors' picks The Case for Being a Multi-Hyphenate Throughout history, and today, the most successful people are good at more than just one thing Ryan Holiday in Human Parts7 min read Why Your Startup Isn't Being Funded and What to Do About It Let's talk about why investors aren't returning your calls and what you should do about it Joe Procopio in Marker5 min read The Simplest Scientific Strategies for Remembering People's Names Being good with names is an underrated social power Zulie Rane in Forge4 min read Make this email better. Tailor your topics

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