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September 15, 2013 8:02 AM
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Learning how to say no is one of the most useful skills you can develop, especially when it comes to living a more productive and healthy life. Saying no to unnecessary commitments can give you the time you need to recover and rejuvenate.
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September 15, 2013 8:01 AM
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George Orwell's 1984 and (unsurprisingly) Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace top the list of books people are most likely to claim they've read when they haven't. Are you one of the guilty ones?
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September 15, 2013 7:59 AM
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Reader Donna wrote in wondering why there are AA, AAA, C and D batteries, but no B. Well, there used to be, but they’re not really needed
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September 15, 2013 7:56 AM
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You hear about cases of smugglers who traffic in slaves or illegal immigrants as cargo, often with horrific outcomes. But there are a few stories of people who shipped themselves by mail or cargo carrier which turned out relatively happily.
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September 14, 2013 12:06 PM
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It’s scary just how efficient the Nazis were at directing an entire country, including its population and industry, towards their evil goals. Everyone knows a
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September 14, 2013 12:05 PM
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Use our calculator to find out how many famous strongmen (or women) you'd need to give your home a real pick-me-up.
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September 14, 2013 12:03 PM
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The springs of the San Marcos River in central Texas have plenty of extraordinary traits: Each day, they release about 100 million gallons of water, forming the life source for one of the longest-inhabited places in North America. They’re also the primary habitat for several endangered species, including a blind salamander found nowhere else on earth. Yet the most magical thing about the San Marcos springs is actually no longer there—its unique submersible theater, or “Aquarena,” which once gave audiences a window into an underwater world of mermaids, clowns, and a swimming pig named Ralph.
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September 13, 2013 8:36 AM
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Sometimes regular English words—words that have commonsense but slightly fuzzy meanings—must be defined more precisely for food labeling.
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September 13, 2013 8:35 AM
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Imgur is home to the web's most popular image content, curated in real time by a dedicated community through commenting, voting and sharing.
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September 12, 2013 7:23 AM
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Yes, the universe itself will eventually outpace the speed of light. Just how this will happen is a bit complicated, so let’s begin at the very
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September 12, 2013 7:22 AM
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The economy has created a surge in the number of people engaged in
urban farming. This has led to an increase in the number of people
keeping
chickens to lay eggs.
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September 12, 2013 7:20 AM
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In the early days of human flight, a new word entered our lexicon: "aviatrix," the female version of "aviator." These women were true pioneers, although if you asked them, they would probably tell you they were just adventurous and loved flying -same as the men who took to the air in those days. Or even today, for that matter. But for a woman to drive one of the newfangled flying machines in the early 20th century took a can-do attitude that wasn't normally encouraged in women.
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September 11, 2013 10:00 AM
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When Canada adopted its flag in the mid-1960s, 2,136 of the submitted designs contained a maple leaf. Another 389 featured beavers.
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September 15, 2013 8:02 AM
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Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica. Its water content may range from 3% to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6% to 10%. Because of its amorphous character it is classed as a min...
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September 15, 2013 8:00 AM
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It’s hard to make that first trip to the college bookstore for required texts without leaving with a bit of sticker shock. Why are textbooks so astonishingly expensive? Let’s take a look.
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September 15, 2013 7:58 AM
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For anyone suffering from paraskavedekatriaphobia... Today, people around the globe will feel uneasy about getting out of bed, leaving their homes, or going about their normal daily routines, all because of a superstition. These unfortunate folks suffer from “paraskavedekatriaphobia,” a common neurosis familiar to us all—the fear of Friday the 13th. But just where did this superstitious association come from, and how did it catch on?
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September 14, 2013 12:07 PM
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Image: Pantomime Voiceover
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September 14, 2013 12:05 PM
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Zoo advertising presents ad agencies with a lot of room for creativity, enabling them to go wild with colorful characters and playful themes. Sometimes, zoo
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September 14, 2013 12:04 PM
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Some travelers think that the place where you lay your head on the road is just that - a place to sleep, or change clothes. But there are some trips where the accommodations are the main attraction.
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September 13, 2013 8:38 AM
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23 Captivating Color Photos Of Jackie Kennedy’s Trip To India. Our most glamorous First Lady looked really good on her goodwill tour.
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Filmmaker Anthony Cerniello created a video in which "Danielle" ages 60 years in five minutes. How he did it was pretty fascinating, too.,
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September 13, 2013 8:36 AM
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Image Source According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hand washing is among the most essential and effective steps that can be taken to
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September 13, 2013 8:33 AM
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Split personalities... and more! Gynandromorphism is a curious half-male, half-female condition noted in animals from butterflies to birds.
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September 12, 2013 7:23 AM
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The Monastery of Saint Simon, also known as the Cave Church, is located in the Mokattam mountain in southeastern Cairo, Egypt, in an area that is known as ‘garbage city’ because of the large population of garbage collectors or Zabbaleen that live there. The Zabbaleen are descendants of farmers who started migrating from Upper Egypt to Cairo in the 1940s. Fleeing poor harvests and poverty they came to the city looking for work and set-up makeshift settlements around the city. Initially, they stuck to their tradition of raising pigs, goats, chickens and other animals, but eventually found collecting and sorting of waste produced by the city residents more profitable. The Zabbaleen would sort through household garbage, salvaging and selling things of value, while the organic waste provided an excellent source of food for their animals. In fact, this arrangement worked so well, that successive waves of migrants came from Upper Egypt to live and work in the newly founded garbage villages of Cairo.
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September 12, 2013 7:21 AM
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World War II had a huge impact on the daily lives of the people of Britain, but soldiers and grieving widows weren’t the only ones whose lives(...)
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September 11, 2013 10:01 AM
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The Daily Pic: The lost canvas that reemerged today was already known, as a fake.
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