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Oct 24, 2016 05:02 pm   Today on HowStuffWorks NOW   Is Anyone Safe From Another Massive Internet Outage? Friday's widespread Internet outages hit companies such as Twitter and Spotify hard. Are any systems safe from distributed denial-of-service attacks like these?       Ridiculous History: How an Irish Beer Became the Authority on World Records What's the relationship between Guinness beer and the Guinness Book of World Records? How did it start?       Which Country Is the Most Empathetic? (Hint: It's Not the U.S.) The results of a worldwide survey on empathy are in and it's full of surprises.       Why Your Employer Should Cut You Some Slack After Your Team Loses It's not so easy to leave Sunday's blowout game behind when it's time to go to work on Monday. A new study has some ideas on how companies can handle this issue.       Wonder Woman Named Honorary U.N. Ambassador For 75 years, Wonder Woman has been a symbol for strength and empowerment for women. Now the United Nations has made it official.       The Link Between Birth Control and Depression: Should Women Be Worried? The headlines suggesting a link between depression and birth control might not be telling the whole story.       Conspiracy Theories About, Around and From Donald Trump The latest episode of our Stuff They Don't Want You to Know podcast examines the fringe ideas around the 2016 Republican nominee.       Adorable Echidnas Keep Australia's Soil Healthy Yep, these adorable Seussian misfits play a key role in the local environment.       Scientists Create Mind-blowing 3-D Acoustic Holograms A wall of Lego-like bricks creates the illusion of hyper-vivid, three-dimensional audio, altering sound waves much like a hologram does visible light.     Copyright © 2016 InfoSpace LLC, All rights reserved. HowStuffWorks, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave, Atlanta, GA 30308 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list