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How Hollywood Screen Siren Hedy Lamarr Helped Pioneer WiFi and GPS

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Hedy Lamarr's twin passions were acting and inventing. During World War II, she came up with a secret communication system that paved the way for technology like WiFi and GPS. But for decades, people thought this was an urban legend.

Adopting a Pet Can Be Hard; We Have 8 Tips to Make It Easier

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Although it may seem like there is no shortage of pets available for adoption, competition can be fierce for the more desired ones.

How Right to Try Bypasses the FDA

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Right to Try may be a terminally ill person's last hope, but is it the best idea? HowStuffWorks looks at the law.

5 Wedding Planning Tips for the Type A Bride

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Type A brides like to keep things organized and on schedule. Check out 5 wedding planning tips for the Type A bride.

The Law of Attraction: Will the Universe Give You What You Want?

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HowStuffWorks looks at the Law of Attraction, how it's supposed to work and some of the criticisms about it.

How Hercules Totally Nailed His 12 Labors

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HowStuffWorks counts down the 12 labors of Hercules, assigned to him by Hera, the wife of his father Zeus, as repentance for murdering his family.

How do they deice airplanes?

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If you're traveling during the winter time, there's a good chance that your flight may be delayed because the plane needs deicing. Why do they wait until the last minute to do this?

Can you ace this 5th grade math quiz?

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For must of us, 5th grade was a long time ago. Mental math gets fuzzy and how to solve for X is a distant memory. But the concepts are pretty basic ... right? See if you're a math buff with our 5th grade math quiz!

5 Memoirs That Were Too Good to Be True

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The stories these memoirs told were gripping, shocking - and ultimately untrue. Were you taken in by any of these literary hoaxes?

Did You Know It's 2016 in Ethiopia Right Now?

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The Ethiopian calendar is seven years behind the Gregorian calendar, and time is measured there on a 12-hour clock.

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