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Monopoly is a better game with real money and crime

Monopoly is a better game with real money and crime What if the classic board game had better rules for simulating capitalism? March 3, 2018 at 03:22PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2I2anym
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How A Secret Map Brought Down A Pirate Alliance On The Irish Coast

Extremely Good Cat Learns To Copy Human Movements

'The Money Shot:' How Porn Made C*m So Valuable

When To Break A Rule

McDonald's: You Can Sneer, But It's The Glue That Holds Communities Together (2016)

Chinese Citizens Are Already Receiving A Coronavirus Vaccine

Here's What Foreign Exchange Students Thought About Americans In 1954

Stolen Lives: The Harrowing Story Of Two Girls Sold Into Sexual Slavery

Amazon's Internal Records Show Its Worker Safety Deception

Meet Wyld, The Edible That Devoured America

Here's How Tesla Builds Its Factories With Such Astonishing Speed

Joe Biden Tax Plan And Tax Credits: Who Would Pay Lower Taxes?

The Reason Why Fast Food Restaurants Have Taken Over The World

Did A Migrating Jupiter Turn Venus Into Hell?

A Psychological Trick Changed Diabetics' Blood Sugar Levels

Shaolin Master Judges 10 Kung Fu Movie Fights By How Real They Are

Why Are We All So Obsessed With The Fleetwood Mac/Cranberry Juice TikTok?

How To Keep The Coronavirus At Bay Indoors

This Video Of A 90-Year-Old Neighbor Visiting His Dog Friend Before It Dies Is Getting Us Emotional

Florida's Hunt For Chinese Communist Ties Comes Up Empty-Handed

Reddit Bots Are Hunting Down Online Racists, One Post At A Time

How Memes Ruined The World

How One Store Beat The Sneaker Bots

Please Enjoy This Video Of Puppies Inside A Bucket

The Sick Hellscape Of Tortilla Chip Injuries

Scientists Use Century-Old Seaweed To Solve A Marine Mystery

QAnon, Blood Libel And The Satanic Panic

What Happens When You Feed A Venus Flytrap Jelly Beans?

A Wild Monkey Chase: Do Ken Kesey's LSD-Dosed Apes Still Roam La Honda?

Cultural Theft Or Legitimate Virtual Tourism?

Watch The First Presidential Debate Between Donald Trump And Joe Biden

The Vampire Ship

These Weird, Unsettling Photos Show That AI Is Getting Smarter

Comedian Captures The Ways Optimists And Pessimists Are Reacting To 2020 Differently

Half A Million Sharks Could Be Killed To Make A Global COVID Vaccine

The Android 11 Privacy And Security Features You Should Know

The Fungal Evangelist Who Would Save The Bees

James Gandolfini's Balanced Approach Made Him Navigate Emotions On Screen To Perfection

'Ted Lasso' Makes America Good Again

The Pure Hell Of Quarantining In Student Halls During A Coronavirus Outbreak

Jack Nicholson's Ax From 'The Shining' Was Lost, Then Found And Sold For $200K In An Auction

Boo! Let's Get Spooky, And Deck The Halls For Halloween

How Criminal Cops Often Avoid Jail

Tim Heidecker Is Afraid Of Dying, So He Wrote Some Songs About It

The World According To James Brolin

Gen Z's Radical, Virtual Quest To Save The Planet

Irrational Man: Thomas Chatterton Williams's Confused Argument For A Post-Racial Society (2019)

The Next Generation Of Wearables Will Be A Privacy Minefield

A Quadriplegic, A Specialty Van And A Lifetime Of Adventures

This Extraordinary AI Has Stunned Computer Scientists With Its Writing

A School Ran A Simulation Of The Pandemic — Before The Pandemic

Final UK-EU Trade Talks Begin This Week To Try To Seal A Brexit Deal

MLB Playoffs Preview: Everything You Need To Know About The 16-Team Postseason

Survivors Of An International Buddhist Cult Share Their Stories

We Have No Idea How This Man Split Open This Giant-Ass Rock

Why So Many People With Dyslexia Are Stans For Comic Sans

24 Followers Of The Grotesque Conspiracy Theory Are Running For Congress In November

Astronomers Claim To Spot Multiple Bodies Of Liquid Water On Mars

Cardiologist Explains How To Stop A Heart Attack

When To Expect Peak Fall Foliage Across The United States, Mapped

With An Army Of Sex Soldiers, A Thai King Makes His Great Escape

91-Year-Old Grandmother Has The Most Precious Reaction To Watching 'WAP' For The First Time

Natural Disaster Movies We're Scared Might Actually Happen In The Climate Change Era

Woman Comes Up With A Categorization System For Conspiracy Theories So We Don't Have To

5 Main Takeaways From The New York Times's Bombshell Report On Trump's Taxes

Couple In Pre-Wedding Shoot Receive Some, Uh, Awkward Advice From Strangers

Guy Does A Genius Impression Of Adam Driver Ordering His Favorite Drink At Starbucks

This Is Why You Should Drive Carefully With A Trailer

The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is

The Pandemic Has Killed Cash

Why Private Eyes Are Everywhere Now

Dude Jumps Into Water With Shark In It, Dude Instantly Regrets It

John Oliver Doesn't Mince Words On The Future Of The Supreme Court: 'We Lost'

This Guy Has Spent Six Months Living Alone In An Abandoned Ghost Town

A Climate Anomaly May Have Worsened The 1918 Pandemic And WWI

Brad Parscale, Trump's Former Campaign Manager Who Helped Him Secure The Presidency, Hospitalized After Reported Suicide Attempt

Should I Spread The Word That My Sister Is Faking Cancer To Scam People On GoFundMe, And Other Advice Column Questions

And Then Donald Trump Walked Into The RV

YouTuber Climbs Up The Facade Of The Tour Montparnasse, One Of The Tallest Buildings In Paris

How You Will Die, Visualized (2016)

How Algorithms Discern Our Mood From What We Write Online

Lars Ulrich On The Most Underrated Of Metallica

This Video Of Dirt On A Tennis Racket Is A Really Cool Demonstration Of Newton's First Law

How We Can Hear Sounds In The Ocean From Half The World Away

Can Algorithms Violate Fair Housing Laws?

Trump's Taxes Show Chronic Losses And Years Of Income Tax Avoidance

The Humbling Of Dane Cook

We Must Not Become Immune To The Pandemic's Heavy Death Toll

How A Google Spreadsheet Broke The Art World's Culture Of Silence (2019)

What I Learned At A Coronavirus Wedding

How Online Music Company Bandcamp Became The Toast Of The COVID Age

LeBron James Has The Lakers Back In The NBA Finals

When Your Dramatic Entry From The Sea Gets Completely, Utterly Upstaged

Here's How Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's Newest Supreme Court Nominee, Has Ruled On Abortion, Immigration, And Policing

The Powerful Decide

This Is How The World's Worst Foley Artist Does Her Work

America's Big Cities Aren't Defunding the Police

What It's Like To Be A Firefighter In California Right Now

QAnon Is Like A Game — A Most Dangerous Game

How Twitter Survived Its Biggest Hack

How The Hyde Amendment Denies Poor Women From Getting Abortions In America

These Letters From Presidents To Their Successors Show What A Peaceful Transfer Of Power Looks Like

This Retro Pocket Synth Gives Us Good Vibes

Here's How To Make A 7-Course Tasting Menu Out Of Items Found At A Bodega

America's 'Patchwork Pandemic' Is Why We Haven't Gotten COVID-19 Under Control

How Amy Coney Barrett Would Reshape the Court — And The Country

The Most Admired People In The World, Visualized

The Worst Possible Time For An Outbreak In Wisconsin

Here's How God-Level Bodyguards Protect The World's Most Famous People

How A Pledge To Dismantle The Minneapolis Police Collapsed

This Guy Skateboarding To Fleetwood Mac's 'Dreams' And Chugging On Cranberry Juice Is Living His Best Life

How The Joker Transformed From A Bad Guy In A Comic Book To A Legendary Supervillain Icon

'These Are Hidden Deaths.' Over 1,000 Likely Died Early Due To California Wildfire Smoke

Watch This Pedestrian Dummy Get Creamed By A Tesla Model 3 After Its Automatic Braking Fails

What Is The Record For Most Languages Spoken By A Single Person?

A Real Vaccine Before The Election? It'd Take A Miracle

Why Does Your Brain Ignore Reading A Second The When It's Repeated In A Sentence

'Mandalorian' Season 2 Is Nearly Here, And We Can't Help But Love This Lego Set

Here's A Fascinating Explanation About How Beekeepers Introduce A New Queen To A Bee Colony

Why Construction On The World's Tallest Structure Was Put On Hold

Transracial Adoption: 'I've Been Accused Of Kidnapping My White Child'

We Were Promised the World's Most Delicious Mangoes. They Never Came (2018)

Wikipedia Is Getting Its First Desktop Redesign In 10 Years

'I Feel Sorry For Americans': A Baffled World Watches The United States

Artist Uses Pressure Washer To Paint Exquisite Wildlife Mural On His Alabama Driveway

Per CNN, Trump Will Nominate Amy Coney Barrett To The Supreme Court. Here's Who She Is

Would You Pay To Follow An Influencer?

Here's Why The US Military Has A 26-Page Brownie Recipe That Tastes Terrible

What Kids Did All Day In The Year 2000

What To Do When The Future Feels Hopeless

This Song Of Dads Singing About The Things They Love Is A Ridiculous Masterpiece

Here's How The Pandemic Finally Ends

The Week's Best Memes, Ranked

How Will Autumnal Activities Be Affected By COVID?

There's Always Someone There To Greet This Woman When Her Workday Is Over

When You Want To Celebrate Your Sports Team's Victory, But You Don't Want To Wake The Kids

Harvard's Chetty Finds Economic Carnage In Wealthiest ZIP Codes

A Notorious COVID Troll Actually Works For Dr. Fauci's Agency

The Man Behind Latin America's 'Anti-Bank'

'It Gets Better': How A Viral Video Fueled A Movement For LGBTQ Youth

Miranda July Takes On The Rigged System

Will Portland's Summer Of Unrest Reshape City Politics?

How 'The Social Network' Became Mark Zuckerberg's Origin Story

Why Is SMS Still Multi-Factor Authentication's Dangerous Default?

Anya Taylor-Joy Makes Money Move As A Chess Master In 'The Queen's Gambit'

The Unlikely Endurance Of The Rubik's Cube

At The Math Olympiad, Computers Prepare To Go For The Gold

How Nestlé Became The Villain Of The Internet

Is Defector The Future Of Media?

How The Distribution Of The Coronavirus Vaccine Will Be The Biggest Logistical Global Health Challenge Ever

The Radical History Of Corporate Sensitivity Training

A'ja Wilson Was Benched In College. Now She's An MVP

We Can't Believe Someone Pitch-Corrected The Entire 'The Chipmunk Adventure' Movie

How To Say No, For The People Pleaser Who Always Says Yes

Someone Built A Brilliant Zip Line Contraption That Allows Trick-Or-Treaters To Get Candy While Social Distancing

The New York Town Of Swastika Votes To Keep Its Name

Guy Resourcefully Films A Quarantine Comedy Special In The Courtyard Of His Apartment Complex, And It's Surprisingly Wholesome

Netflix Teases A 'Father Of The Bride' Special Reuniting The Original Cast

In A Desert's Burning Sands, Shrimp

The Curious Case Of The Ex-Model Accused Of Murdering An Entire British Family

Fox News Convinced Them COVID Was Fake. Then They Got Sick

Why Americans Can't Break Their Addiction To Car Dealerships

Mechanic Tries To Run An Engine Using A Wooden Crankshaft

'I've Made So Many Mistakes And I'm Way Behind In Life'

Shaman, Sorcerer Or Sham? Inside The Cult Of LA's Psychedelic Neo-Buddha

The 15 TV Shows You Need To Binge This Fall

Pucker Up, Pickle Lips!

Thursday Is The Best Day (2019)

Where Camels Take To The Sea

What It Was Like To Be Prince's Personal Photographer

Why QAnon Left Reddit

Lil Yachty Cannot Hold It Down For The Paqui One Chip Challenge

The Case For Calling Climate Change 'Genocide'

Watch A Tour Of Hollywood, California From 1930

Here's The Eerie Trailer For Netflix Horror Series 'The Haunting Of Bly Manor'

How We Escaped The Worst Of The California Wildfires

'Why Do I Always Want To Bail On Plans With My Friends?'

Here's How COVID-19 Breaks Your Flavor Perception

The Core Lesson Of The COVID-19 Heart Debate

Madness And Chaos — Behind The Scenes Of The Kobe-Shaq Dynasty

This Is What Happens When You Fire A Gun Down The Barrel Of Another Gun

Fall Equinox 2020: Not As 'Equal' As You May Think

How Uniqlo Came Out Of Nowhere To Become One Of The Largest Brands In The World

He Fought Wildfires While Imprisoned. California Reported Him To ICE For Deportation

How Humanity Came To Contemplate Its Possible Extinction: A Timeline

How The Oil Industry Made Us Doubt Climate Change

Someone Replaced All Of The Strings On A Piano With Guitar Strings, And The Results Were Not What He Expected

Why Are London's Skyscrapers Shaped So Weird?

Why The Supreme Court Ended Up With Nine Justices — And How That Could Change

'Mandalorian' Season 2 Is Nearly Here, And We Can't Help But Love This Lego Set

The Long Lost Manual For The World's Oldest Preserved Computer Has Been Found

The Elusive Peril Of Space Junk

America's Hidden Big Cat Problem

This Guy Attempts To Prank His Wife By Switching Her Car With A Replica Without Her Noticing

YouTuber Is Challenged By The Navy To Build A Survival Shelter From Scratch

The Secret Origin Of 'The Flash' TV Series

To Protest Colonialism, He Takes Artifacts From Museums

The 10,000-Person Dance Party Streaming In Your Living Room

Take A Tour Inside The Richest Zip Code In The United States

How To Live Longer: A Look At The Science Behind The Longevity Movement

We've Run Out Of Hurricane Names. What Happens Now?

Here's How They Filmed Keanu Reeves Falling Off A Five-Story Building In 'John Wick 3'

BBC Weather Broadcaster Says He Isn't A Fan Of Rick Astley On Air, Doesn't Realize Astley Is Listening In

How Americans Stopped Trusting Their Water

Why Spotify Has So Many Bizarre, Generic Artists Like 'White Noise Baby Sleep'

Watch A 60-Foot-Tall Gundam Robot Replica Come To Life In Japan

The Fight Against Words That Sound Like, But Are Not, Slurs

Colds Nearly Vanished Under Lockdown. Now They're Coming Back

Guy Uses Simple But Compelling Way To Test The Effectiveness Of Different Masks

This 'Bardcore' Medieval Style Cover of AC/DC's Thundestruck Works So Well

Should Dairies Go Vegan? I Know, It Sounds Nuts

Spring Break Is Already Canceled

Is The Stick Shift Worth Saving? Ford's About To Find Out

This Retro Pocket Synth Gives Us Good Vibes

Weezer And Fall Out Boy Battle It Out On 'Family Feud'

The Algorithm Isn't Everything: TikTok's Virtuous Cycle

This Video Of The Russian Internal Police Choir Singing 'Sex Bomb' Is, Um, Unexpected

The iOS 14 Privacy And Security Features You Should Know

How Bugs Bunny Became One Of America's Most Enduring Style Icons

Chef Flexes Impeccable Knife Skills, Creates A Cucumber Slinky

Microsoft Acquires Bethesda Softworks In $7.5B Deal

Comedians Test Out How Sick They Have To Be To Be Denied Entry To Casinos

How A 1960s Sci-Fi Fable Expanded The Meaning Of Cuban Pilgrimages

No One Should Colonize Space

How Work Became An Inescapable Hellhole

Girl Has Her Phone Stuck Inside A Timed Smart Phone Jail And Accidentally Sets It For Two Days

What Would Happen If Mark Zuckerberg Deleted All Of Facebook?

The Abnormal Emmys Somehow Achieved A Sense Of Normalcy

Jeff Zucker Helped Create Donald Trump. That Show May Be Ending

Sports Highlights From The Weekend You May Have Missed

For Math Fans: A Hitchhiker's Guide To The Number 42

The Best Secret Features Of iOS 14

Ellen DeGeneres Addresses Allegations Of Misconduct On Her Show Head-On In Season 18 Premiere

These Parrots Developed New Dialects In Captivity. Can Their Wild Kin Understand Them?

Here's The Official Trailer Of Marvel's 'WandaVision' — And It's Real Trippy

The Inside Story Of Why Mueller Failed

The Battle Over Dyslexia

Woman Suspected Of Sending Letter Containing Ricin To Trump Arrested

How Can I Get My Husband To Stop Speaking His Native Language To His Friends And Family On The Phone, And Other Advice Column Questions

Here Are Road Design Tricks That Try To Eliminate Speeding

They Lost Their Jobs To COVID. Will Their Relationships Be Next?

How To Track Your Ballot Like A UPS Package

To Anybody Going Through It

These Two Lawyers Face Up To Life In Prison For Allegedly Burning An Empty Cop Car

Life And Breath

The Solution To Information Overload Can't Be More Information

Secret Docs Show How Criminals Use Banks To Finance Terror And Death. The Government Doesn't Stop It

Ranking Every Martin Scorsese Film From Worst To Best

Bear Wakes Up Man Napping By The Pool In The Most Polite Way Possible

From We To They: The Rise And Fall Of We Charity

The True Story Of The Married Woman Who Smuggled Her Boyfriend Out Of Prison In A Dog Crate

Please Enjoy The World's Largest Devil Toothpaste Explosion

Why Jordan Brand Is, Finally, Paying Attention To Women In Streetwear

5G In Rural Areas Bridges A Gap That 4G Doesn't, Especially Low- And Mid-Band

What Is The Sound Of Thought?

Listen To Ruth Bader Ginsburg Speak About Her Regrets, And Recall The Journey From Law School To The Supreme Court

Here's What To Do When You're In The Worst-Case Scenario

Inside The Fantastical Menagerie Of 'Tuca & Bertie' Creator Lisa Hanawalt

Squirrel Gets Chased By Two Dogs, Does The Most Nimble Escape We've Ever Seen

Inside The Bubble At The Tour De France: How Team Staffers Are Adapting In The Covid Era

How To Make Zoom Calls Feel A Little More Like Real Life

How Cameo Blew Up During Quarantine

If You've Just Had COVID, Exercise Might Not Be Good For You

I Watched 'Mulan' So You Don't Have To

What Is The Bystander Effect?

Pre-Order PlayStation 5 Accessories And Games

Watching This Footage Of People Buying Computers In 1994 Is Like Stepping Out Of A Time Machine

Virtually Perfect: Pre-Order The All-In-One Oculus Quest 2

Why Birds Survived And Dinosaurs Went Extinct After An Asteroid Hit Earth

The Flight Goes Nowhere. And It's Sold Out

Here's A Hilariously Absurd Short Film About A Guy Who Has To Stop His Younger Self From Creating An App That Delivers Pizzas Before They're Ordered

Mad Scientist Finds A Way To Blow A Ring Of Fire While Underwater

Why A $2.4 Billion Casino In Atlantic City Failed So Spectacularly

I Tried (And Failed) To Pull Off A Romantic Mexican Vacation During COVID-19

The Most Likely Way You'll Get Infected With COVID-19

A Five-Decade-Long Friendship That Began With A Phone Call

How The Hero Of 'Hotel Rwanda' Fell Into A Vengeful Strongman's Trap

Here's A Mesmerizing Timelapse Of A Lenticular Cloud Hovering Over Mount Teide In The Canary Islands

Here's How The 'Hillbilly Brigade' Saved An Oregon Town From Wildfires

He Spent Years Forging Ties With the Amazon's Most Isolated Tribes. Then He Realized His Mistake

Why Goodreads Is Bad For Books

The Glorious RBG