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Tue. 03/30 - Zombie Brain Cells Keep Going After We Die


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The medieval version of the millennial avocado craze––if avocados were only eaten when rotten and commonly referred to with a sexual nickname, anyways. Turns out that after we die, certain “zombie cells” go into overdrive. And the super popular Twitch stream of… a stop sign. Just thousands of people watching a live feed of stop sign that cars never seem to pay attention to.

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  • Links:

    The forgotten medieval fruit with a vulgar name (BBC)
  • There are zombie cells in your brain that go into overdrive after death (Syfy Wire)
  • 'Zombie' genes? Research shows some genes come to life in the brain after death: Post-mortem changes may shed light on important brain studies (Science Daily)
  • Twitch's hottest new stream is just a stop sign nobody stops at (A/V Club)
  • Twitch Stop Sign Stream Temporarily Stops After Address Leaks, Neighbors Receive Pizzas (Kotaku)
  • stopsigncam (Twitch)
  • 11 foot 8 bridge (yovo68, YouTube)
  • That Gibberish Tweet From US Strategic Command Came From A Child (The Daily Dot)
  • Kottke.Org
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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