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How to Care for Your Ears

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Taking care of your ears is a small price to pay in return for how much they do for you. Learn how to clean, care for, and protect your ears.

How Nuns Work

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What are nuns? Do they really wield rulers while singing and dancing like in the movies? Read more about nuns at HowStuffWorks.

At-whay Is-way Ig-pay Atin-lay?(What Is Pig Latin)?

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Is pig Latin real? At-thay epends-day on-way at-whay ou-yay ean-may y-bay eal-ray.

'Disheveled,' 'Disgruntled': Why Are Some Words Only Used in Negative Form?

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No one ever says "heveled" or "gruntled." Do these words even exist? Not every word needs an opposite to prop it up. Here's why.

Inside 'The Golden Compass'

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The Golden Compass is a new movie that is based on a popular book of the same name. Learn more about The Golden Compass and how The Golden Compass was filmed.

Why Was Phrenology All the Rage in Victorian Times?

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Phrenology, the belief that you could determine personality from the shape of someone's skull, was so popular in the Victorian era that phrenology parlors sprang up all over Europe and America. But the trend was soon debunked.

10 Diseases Named After People

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Some scientists get the recognition they deserve - in the names of diseases they found. Learn about 10 diseases named after people at HowStuffWorks.

16 World-Famous Architects and Their Impact

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We see buildings pop up and get torn down all the time, but some structures (and the architects who designed them) were built to last. These 16 are some of the most famous.

How Missionaries Work

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Missionaries have a complex and controversial history. Read this article to learn how missionaries have performed their work over the centuries.

Hypergamy: The History and Evolution of 'Marrying Up'

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Explore hypergamy, the practice of marrying someone of higher social status, its historical roots, and how modern shifts in education and gender roles have transformed this tradition.

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