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• Right-wing nutjob Bryan Fischer believes kidnapping children from same-sex parents is like freeing slaves.
• A cam girl's devastated reaction to being trolled has gone viral, and she's kind of OK with it. Because of course.

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• From Fast Company: How Nike made track spikes for Oscar Pistorius's carbon fiber blades.
• From Flavorwire: What does your favorite Young Adult book say about you?
• From Hypervocal: Will giving up pr0n help your sex life? A social experiment for the ages.

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• Amare Stoudemire knocked his marriage proposal out of the park -- but he still was nervous as hell.
• Someone at NBC approved a creepy, soft-pr0n video of female Olympians.
• Erin Andrews does a lil dance to "Call Me Maybe" -- what's not to like?
• Inside the Sneakerhead subculture and their obsession with Jordans.

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• How the diner scene in Groundhog Day explains the whole of the Internets.
• Inside the physics of Olympians' bodies, broken down by sport.

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• The first pics from the Arrested Development set are here.
• The score of Aly Raisman's gold medal-winning floor routine was a tribute to the victims of the 1972 Munich Games massacre.
• The homophobe who burned Honey Nut Cheerios at General Mills headquarters has been fired.
• U.S. Olympians aren't all that impressed with Fox News, either.
• Prince Harry has become the world's most famous third wheel.

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• From Deadspin: How Aly Raisman won Olympic gold.
• From Slate: Why do so many murderers have three names?
• From Slacktory: Inside the hunt to expose Internet rap sensation Krispy Kreme.

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• The short film Charlie Kaufman didn't know he was making.

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• It's the best camping-themed wedding invite you'll see all day.
• From artist Rodolfo Loaiza, the dark side of the Magic Kingdom.
• When the mirror reflects how you actually feel.
• Sometimes you just have to dress kids as iconic movie characters.

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• A sick and twisted confession is our "wait for it" of the day. (Not Safe For Work -- language.)

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• Wendy's Japan has introduced a lobster and caviar burger.
• TaskRabbit San Francisco will get you In-N-Out for $10. (OK, you need to move.)
• Next week is Shark Week.

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• From Hypervocal: The most misunderstood job interview question of all time is pretty colorful.
• From The Atlantic: Inside the debate over whether Gabby Douglas' podium attire was American enough.
• From Wired: "How Apple and Amazon security flaws led to my epic hacking."
• From USA Today: House cats kill more critters than we thought.

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• A kid who is bullied uses chalk as a creative outlet -- and ultimately wins.
• "Obama That I Used To Know" is the new anthem for the disillusioned.
• "Your Grammar Sucks," the YouTube-mocking rap. (Not Safe For Work -- language.)
• The Ultimate "Driving in Europe" compilation.

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• Breaking Bad's Dean Norris (Hank Schrader) talks to Fresh Air's Terry Gross.

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• Usain Bolt halted an interview to honor a fellow gold medalist's anthem. Awww.
• A Saudi restaurant is fining diners who do not finish their food.
• Reddit is harassing a teen who may have faked her own bullying.
• Gay activists will counter Chick-fil-A on Tuesday with National Starbucks Appreciation Day.
• A German water park has made one of its slides men-only after women suffered "intimate injuries."

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• From Omaha.com: A 74-year-old car buff who is selling off his collection of antique autos says he wasted his life and would rather have had a wife.
• From Buzzfeed: Hungarian gold medalist swimmer Daniel Gyurta will make a copy of his medal for his friend Alexander Dale Oen, who died before he had a chance to compete in London.
• From Letters of Note: Why explore space? A former top dog at NASA makes the case.
• From Time: The six most "adorkable" moments from the NASA control room.

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• 15 awesome and creative ways to boost your self-esteem.
• When supermodels age.
• "Somebody That I Used To Know" with six guys on one ukelele. Wow.
• Everyone at Olympic Stadium sings "All You Need Is Love."

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• An attempted murder trial in Brooklyn was delayed because a juror had an audition for Law & Order.
• The Paterno family is appealing the NCAA's sanctions against Penn State themselves.
• London restaurants have actually seen a downturn in business since the Olympics began.

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• From Rolling Stone: Inside TV's most twisted show, Breaking Bad, with Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul.

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• The Wall Street Journal is getting around NBC's Olympic copyrights by creating its own hilarious highlight reels.
• The only surviving film footage of Mark Twain was recorded by Thomas Edison. Of course.
• Louis C.K. is sorry for everything.
• The latest "fake" video stars a teen who seeks a girlfriend, either in real life or online.

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• Yes, Olympic swimmers pee in the pool.
• How to make a becharita cocktail.
• Camping wasn't always wimpy.

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• From Quora: What facts about the United States do foreigners not believe until they come to America? Too funny.
• From the New York Times: The last note of many pianos is a giant thud in the dump.
• From the Guardian: An interview with the happiest Olympic worker, a video of whom went viral earlier this week.

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• Meet the guys who build robotic, taxidermy deers that are used by cops to track down those that hunt illegally.
• Take a peek at the Kennedy Space Center with Google Street View.
• When an annoying bystander won't beat it, an Indianapolis Grand Am pit crew takes matters into their own hands.

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• Which '90s TV character are you?

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• How the dead move among us (it's mostly by air out of southern Florida).
• The pepper-spraying UC-Davis cop finally has been fired.
• A South Korean fencer was awarded a special medal in a scoring error, but she told the IOC to shove it.
• In Italy, telling a man he has no balls is now a crime.
• The Magnificent 7 gold-medal-winning gymnasts of 1996 are -- gasp! -- in their 30s.

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• From Wired: How air-pumped mascot costumes can turn autistic kids in to outgoing entertainers.
• From Sports Business Daily: NBC Chairman Mark Lazarus defends the tape delay.

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• The funniest TV "appearances" from every U.S. president.
• It's the movie Taken, but with a real dad instead of Liam Neeson.
• Cat Spanx. That is all.

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