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Why Is It So Hard to Remember What Day It Is? HowStuffWorks.com
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Why Is It So Hard to Remember What Day It Is?

If you get the days of the week mixed up, you're not alone. Learn about the psychology of Tuesday...

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Introducing: The Frost Tapes

Police brutality. Government corruption. A struggle for gender equality. The fight for a free...

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What's the White Stuff in Soil Mixes? HowStuffWorks.com
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What's the White Stuff in Soil Mixes?

Potting soil often contains perlite, which is a type of volcanic rock that helps keep soil light...

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BrainStuff Classics: Could You Outrun a Volcano? HowStuffWorks.com
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BrainStuff Classics: Could You Outrun a Volcano?

Outrunning a volcanic eruption, like many things that look easy in movies or sound simple in...

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BrainStuff Classics: How Long Have We Been Keeping Dogs on Leashes? HowStuffWorks.com
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BrainStuff Classics: How Long Have We Been Keeping Dogs on Leashes?

A new(ish) find of very old artwork depicts dogs wearing leashes. Learn more about our history...

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Did the Native American Great Law of Peace Inspire the U.S. Constitution? HowStuffWorks.com
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Did the Native American Great Law of Peace Inspire the U.S. Constitution?

The writers of the U.S. Constitution were, in part, influenced by the confederation of Native...

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Where Did Pumpkin Pie Come From? HowStuffWorks.com
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Where Did Pumpkin Pie Come From?

Sure it's tasty, but how exactly did spiced squash in a pie crust become part of American holiday...

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What's Really in the Flu Vaccine? HowStuffWorks.com
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What's Really in the Flu Vaccine?

There are lots of rumors about potentially harmful ingredients in vaccines, but once you...

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How Does the Maillard Reaction Make Food Tastier? HowStuffWorks.com
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How Does the Maillard Reaction Make Food Tastier?

The Maillard reaction gives foods from toast to coffee to seared steak some of their flavors....

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Who's the Only Woman to Receive a Medal of Honor? HowStuffWorks.com
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Who's the Only Woman to Receive a Medal of Honor?

After the Civil War, surgeon Mary Edwards Walker was awarded the Medal of Honor for her service....

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BrainStuff Classics: Is There Another Reason You Shouldn't Eat Raw Cookie Dough? HowStuffWorks.com
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BrainStuff Classics: Is There Another Reason You Shouldn't Eat Raw Cookie Dough?

Research has revealed another danger lurking in uncooked dough: Tenacious E. coli can survive in...

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BrainStuff Classics: Why Do We Find Symmetry So Pleasing? HowStuffWorks.com
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BrainStuff Classics: Why Do We Find Symmetry So Pleasing?

What is it about the arrangement of petals on a flower or a perfectly symmetrical display of soup...

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How Has 'A Wrinkle in Time' Inspired Real Scientists? HowStuffWorks.com
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How Has 'A Wrinkle in Time' Inspired Real Scientists?

The story 'A Wrinkle in Time' by Madeline L'Engle has been inspiring young scientists for...

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Why Is It So Difficult to Overturn a Guilty Verdict? HowStuffWorks.com
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Why Is It So Difficult to Overturn a Guilty Verdict?

Sometimes innocent people wind up in prison, and even if genetic evidence comes to light, it can...

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Should We All Be in the Same Time Zone? HowStuffWorks.com
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Should We All Be in the Same Time Zone?

Time zones sometimes seem to cause more confusion than they fix. Learn how they came about -- and...

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Why Would We Need Artificial Gravity in Space? HowStuffWorks.com
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Why Would We Need Artificial Gravity in Space?

Long-term space missions would need to figure out a way to create artificial gravity for their...

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What Are the Differences Between COVID-19 and the Flu? HowStuffWorks.com
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What Are the Differences Between COVID-19 and the Flu?

Symptoms of influenza and the novel coronavirus are fairly similar, but there are a few key...

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BrainStuff Classics: Why Can't Some People Sleep Without a Fan? HowStuffWorks.com
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BrainStuff Classics: Why Can't Some People Sleep Without a Fan?

Some people find it impossible to sleep without background noise, like a fan whirring....

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Why Did Bootleggers Once Smuggle Margarine? HowStuffWorks.com
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Why Did Bootleggers Once Smuggle Margarine?

Due in large part to pressure from the diary industry, margarine was once outlawed in Canada and...

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What Is the World's Longest-Living Vertebrate? HowStuffWorks.com
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What Is the World's Longest-Living Vertebrate?

Spoiler alert: There are Greenland sharks alive today that were likely born in the 1600s. Learn...

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