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Moon in Capricorn: Key Traits, Strengths, and Challenges

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Discover the hidden power of Moon in Capricorn: Why this placement makes you emotionally resilient yet misunderstood. Learn how your practical nature might be your greatest strength or secret weakness.

What Is Leap Year? And Why Was 1900 a Non-leap Year?

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February is an unusual month, especially when it comes to leap years. In this article, you can read about why we use leap years and how the year 2000 was a leap year and 1900 was not.

How Newton's Cradles Work

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Five metallic balls on slender threads sit side by side. As one on the end hits the rest, the one on the opposite end rises and falls. Why don't the balls in the middle move? It's complicated.

How Alang Shipyard Works

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In this mass graveyard, workers dismantle 52,000-ton ships using simple hand tools. Why would anyone want to work at Alang? Is this place doing the world a service by recycling obsolete ships?

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?

How Organic Food Works

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Organic food promises freedom from synthetic ingredients. Find out what organic food is, how organic farming works, what the pros and cons are, and why you should care.

How Optical Illusions Work

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It's a young lady! It's an old woman! It's a blue dress! No, it's gold! Why are we fooled by optical illusions and what do they tell us about how the brain works?

What is a Lazy Susan? The History Behind the Tray, and its Name

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The Lazy Susan is a circular tray that spins to make food service easier, but the origins of the name are a bit murky. What is a Lazy Susan, exactly, and why did it earn that disparaging name? Let's find out!

Are Pentagon-confirmed UFOs a National Security Threat?

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Recently, there's been a spike in UFO sightings - officially UAP, or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena - all over the world and nobody seems to know why or what the objects we're seeing might be.

The Evil Eye's Ancient Power Still Resonates Today

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Belief in the evil eye has existed since at least 3300 B.C.E. and is found in Jewish, Islamic and Christian cultures of the Mediterranean and Middle East. But why has belief persisted for so long?

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