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What is mucus made of?

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If your mucus went away, you'd be in trouble. Find out what mucus is made of and how mucus keeps you healthy.

What If Everyone in the World Recycled?

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If you don't recycle, you should. If you do recycle, you should do more. And what if everybody in the world started to recycle? At the very least, it would help us attack that enormous plastic patch in the middle of the ocean.

How Scrabble Works

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Scrabble is a game that requires intelligence and strategy. Visit HowStuffWorks to learn all about Scrabble.

How much of my budget should go to charity?

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A seemingly endless number of worthy causes await your charity, but donations shouldn't be a burden. How much is enough -- and how much is too much?

10 20th-Century Staples We Never Thought Would Die

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A lot of folks once thought these 10 things would never become obsolete. Learn about 10 20th-century staples we never thought would die at HowStuffWorks.

How the Secretary of State Works

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The secretary of state has a lot of important responsibilities. Visit HowStuffWorks to learn all about the secretary of state.

Are my files really safe if I store them in the cloud?

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Are your files safe in the cloud? Learn about cloud storage and if your files will be safe in the cloud.

Can You Solve These Riddles?

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Riddle me this. It's smart. It's clever. And it looks like you in the mirror. Who is it? It's the person who is about to take this riddle quiz, you!

Quiz: How Do You Pronounce This?

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Many words are routinely mispronounced. How proficient are you at pronunciation? Take the quiz and find out!

The Letter 'Ñ': How a Tilde Saved Space for Medieval Scribes

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The letter "ñ" is Latin small letter (aka lowercase letter) found in Spanish words. A tilde (the squiggly line over the letter) distinguishes "ñ" from "n" and gives it different pronunciation. For instance, in Spanish, "ano" is pronounced "ah-no" and "año" is pronounced "ahn-yo." And for the record, these two words have very different meanings as well.

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