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Have 70 Years Of Nuclear Policy Been Based On A Lie?, 12 Obsolete Technologies Americans Still Use, Best Text Prank Ever, This Flowchart Will Tell You Exactly Which New Car To Buy, This Abandoned Island Was Once The Most Densely Populated Place On Earth The Daily Digg Friday, May 31, 2013 FOREIGN POLICY TRUTH BOMBS Have 70 Years Of Nuclear Policy Been Based On A Lie? foreignpolicy.com The bomb didn't beat Japan... Stalin did. EXPLAINS AOL DIAL-UP PROFITS 12 Obsolete Technologies Americans Still Use livescience.com For some consumers right here in America, ancient technologies are still a part of everyday life as they continue to buy brand-new cassette tapes, subscribe to dial-up Internet and make calls from a pay phone. SURE-FIRE WAY TO GET DUMPED Best Text Prank Ever laughingsquid.com Nathan Fielder, star of Comedy Central's "Nathan for You", recently encouraged his Twitter followers to text the person they are dating "I haven't been fully honest with you," not respond for an hour and then tweet the result. FOR YOU? A YUGO This Flowchart Will Tell You Exactly Which New Car To Buy jalopnik.com New cars are better than they've been in generations and many are being heavily discounted, which means it's a pretty great time to buy a new car. But which one? GHOST ISLAND This Abandoned Island Was Once The Most Densely Populated Place On Earth slate.com Hashima Island, 11 miles off the coast of Nagasaki, is known by two nicknames: "Gunkanjima" (Battleship Island) and "Midori nashi shima" (island without green). Read more on Digg.com → GREAT WALLS OF BOOKS People at a national library in Beijing on May 30, 2013. China's ruling Communist Party has called for greater political instruction for young university teachers, the education ministry has said. Credit: WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014