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    Wordle was especially rough today.

    We won’t spoil the word, but around The Verge, we got our butts kicked. “Ludicrous,” says Tristan; Jake declares he is “mourning”; meanwhile, Adi isn’t sure she’s ever heard this word before; Andy got yesterday’s Wordle in one try — only to fail today’s. “It’s been a rollercoaster,” he says.

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    Kevin Nguyen
    Can surgery turn short kings into... regular kings?

    For $75,000—and one agonizing operation and recovery later—you can add about three inches to your height via leg lengthening.

    Among the many details in this remarkably written GQ story, one surgeon notes that this procedure is getting more popular among men who work in tech: “I got, like, 20 software engineers doing this procedure right now who are here in Vegas ... I’ve got patients from Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft. I’ve had multiple patients from Microsoft.”

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    Kevin Nguyen
    You don’t have to be a billionaire.

    Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard is giving ownership of his company away to “a specially designed set of trusts and nonprofit organizations,” ensuring its roughly $100 million a year in profits go to fighting climate change.

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    Kevin Nguyen
    New Verge logo means new Verge merch.

    Refreshed t-shirts, and even stickers. Get them while you can.

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    The complicated case of Threes, 2048, and the giants that ripped everyone off in the end

    Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery — and the most profitable way to make a mobile game

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