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No one mastered the whodunit with quite as much cerebral agility as Agatha Christie . That's the furthest thing from a controversial statement, but widespread celebration doesn't make the mind of the world's most popular fiction author less singular. Given the wealth of spine-tingling mysteries in her catalog, there's an excellent chance that more adaptations of the Queen of Crime's bibliography exist than entries in her formidable catalog (66 novels, dozens of short stories). It's fitting, then, that no novel has been more riffed upon than 1939's And Then There Were None — the best-selling book of all time and the epochal classic regarded as Christie's crowning jewel .

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Xiaomi is testing a wilder SU7 Ultra, possibly badged Ultra Extreme

A GT3 RS-style rear wing with swan-neck uprights now tops the sedan

New performance model will rival the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT Manthey.

The back-and-forth between Porsche and Xiaomi at the Nürburgring shows no sign of easing, and the Chinese firm now looks ready to land a knockout blow. These fresh spy shots reveal Xiaomi is cooking up an even wilder take on the SU7 Ultra, possibly called the Ultra Extreme.

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Porsche’s Taycan Turbo GT originally held the Nürburgring lap record for premium-segment production EVs, until the SU7 Ultra ran off and left it behind. A few months back, Porsche finally rolled out the long-awaited Manthey Kit for its flagship Taycan and comfortably snatched the crown right back.

Read: Xiaomi’s SU7 Ultra Held The EV Nurburgring Crown, Until Porsche Wanted It Back

Unwilling to let its German rivals enjoy the moment, Xiaomi has a savage new SU7 in the works, caught here at the Nürburgring for the first time.

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What’s New?

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The aerodynamics of the electric sedan have been overhauled. Changes start at the front where there is an all-new bumper, air intakes, and splitter, complete with aggressive fins to direct air around the wheels. In addition, the car has louvers on the front wheel arches and a hood similar to that of the original SU7 Ultra prototype.

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The rear is wilder still than the front. Xiaomi’s engineers seem to have studied the Porsche 911 GT3 RS and decided its towering rear wing would look right at home on a four-door. That oversized item uses a twin-plane design with swan-neck uprights, and might even run an active DRS system. A new lip spoiler peeks out from the fluorescent yellow camouflage, and an aggressive diffuser adds still more downforce.

More Power, Too?

It’s too early to say whether the car gets a power bump. The existing SU7 Ultra sends 1,548 hp through its three electric motors, but around 18 months ago Xiaomi revealed a quad-motor EV platform good for up to 2,054 hp. That setup may debut in a flagship two-door coupe and could also reach the SU7. Even if it doesn’t, and output holds level with the standard Ultra, the aero changes alone should carve real time off the car’s Nurburgring lap. Enough to beat the Porsche as well? With any luck we won’t wait long to find out.

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It's been nearly two years since Arcane finished its run on Netflix, but the audience still misses it . With video game adaptations having quietly taken over Hollywood in recent years, demand for more series like the League of Legends series remains high, and there is no shortage of IPs ripe for this treatment. One such case is Overwatch , a gaming franchise that was once promised its own animated series , only to see its development crumble not long after. With some huge worldbuilding and filled with lore behind its battle arena and first-person shooter gameplay, Overwatch also has a huge and deeply loyal following. So, what's stopping it from becoming the next Arcane ?

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Berlin is full of superlatives—bigger, better, higher, deeper, older. Being number one in some category or another is a sales-boosting unique selling proposition .

If you say to someone in the Wedding district that they are " der Schärfste " (literally, "the sharpest"), this is youth slang from a bygone generation of the eighties for "the best, coolest, most beautiful, etc."

At this place, which celebrates itself as the "sharpest" snack bar ( Imbiss ), the owners flirt with spiciness: Curry & Chili initially looks like a completely normal snack bar, just like hundreds of others in Berlin. The menu also offers nothing that you couldn't find elsewhere. The special business idea is the chili sauces, which are available in all, and above all, increasing levels of heat. The sauces are presented in a fiery ranking. Skulls, devils, and flames on the labels foretell impending doom.

The culinary experience becomes a test of courage or an endurance test . You learn that heat levels are specified in Scoville Heat Units (SHU) , which indicate the capsaicin content. Regular Tabasco sauce has 4,000 SHU; the hottest sauce at this snack bar has no less than 7,777,777 SHU .

The effect on the tongue and palate is similar to what the alien blood in Alien 1 had on the metal decks of the spaceship... The antidote—milk or cocoa—is also sold; carbonation increases the pain.

To fuel masculine bravado and increase sales, there is the Curry & Chili Club , which you are admitted to if you have consumed all heat levels within 6 months, verifiable on a stamp card. You are then immortalized with your name and photo on the side wall. The photos predominantly show real guys, captured in the process with teary and red eyes or with a tortured and distorted expression. But a few ladies are also among them—this is the Wedding district, after all!

If you take this risk, you might as well bring a tunnel piercing with you to keep the holes open. And don't forget: You always get something from chili sauces twice ...