July 24, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Arctic forests are on fire now more than at any point in the past 10,000 years.
- Dodger Stadium now serves beer with frozen foam that acts as an insulating lid.
- From 2010, Sloane Crosley on sexting.
- USC says college student was not raped because her alleged assailant did not orgasm.
- Where to draw the line when it comes to supporting the art of someone you don’t approve of personally.
- From this point forth, unless specified, when I say dumb, I will mean smart dumb.
- See also: Ikea brings back Gillis Lundgren's first flat-pack table.
- Found photographs of a '70s gay biker community.
- Tumblr of the day: Portraits of people holding photos of themselves during their awkward phase.
- New Reddit meme, "Wars vs. Thrones," finds complaints by Star Wars characters paling in comparison to Game of Thrones' woes.
- See also: The appeal of Princess Leia expands and deepens when fangirls grow up.
- From the week in news: Hispanic children exhibit a high degree of interest in spiritually meaningful dreams, and Beaumont, Texas, produces the saddest tweets.
- Related: Sad YouTube, compiler of users' comments of sorrow and grief.
- Nature-oriented music video of the day: "Don't Give Up," by Washed Out.
- Marine biologists discover bottlenose dolphins respond to individual names represented by "signature" whistles.
- Birth story of India's largest theme park.
