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5 Things You Didn't Know About Being a Nurse

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Being a nurse involves much more than the TV stereotypes. Learn five things you didn't know about being a nurse to learn more.

Can Genealogy Sites Use Your DNA However They Want?

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Critics worry that when you send your DNA to Ancestry.com for personal analysis it can be used for other purposes. HowStuffWorks checks out whether these fears are warranted.

How Deep Are the Great Lakes? And Why Are They Great?

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The Great Lakes are named so for several reasons. HowStuffWorks looks at why the Great Lakes are so great, including their impressive depths.

There's a Healthier Way to Consume Your Media

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A savvy communications strategist created a media pyramid focusing on how people should consume their media. HowStuffWorks talked to him about it.

Once Thought Extinct, the Tasmanian Tiger May Still Be Prowling the Planet

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On Sept. 7, 1936, the last known Tasmanian tiger died in captivity in Tasmania, Australia. But there are those who believe these animals still live.

London Bridge Has Never Fallen Down, But It Keeps Getting Rebuilt

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Despite what the nursery rhyme says, London Bridge is not falling down - and never really has. But the bridge that spans the Thames has been rebuilt again and again for two millennia.

Did Nikita Khrushchev Really Bang His Shoe in Defiance at the U.N.?

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Ask many what they know about the man who succeeded Stalin and ruled the Soviet Union for a decade, and they'll tell you it's the shoe.

Why Breathing Through Your Nose Is Best

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We've probably all been breathing wrong our entire lives. Why is that? Experts suggest we should focus on breathing through our noses and most of us don't.

How Your W-2 Works

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A W-2 form is provided by your employer and tracks your earnings. Find out why the W-2 form is so important and what you need to know about it.

What If Humans Could Breathe Underwater?

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Remove that pesky drowning risk, and the world formerly under the sea opens with possibility - despite our inefficient limbs and tendency toward hypothermia.

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