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What's the Largest Land Animal That Ever Existed on Earth?
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Just how big do animals come? Dive backward through time and the fossil record in search of the most colossal member of kingdom Animalia.
Choosing a Healthy Salad Dressing
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Choosing a healthy salad dressing can save you hundreds of calories. See these tips for choosing a healthy salad dressing at Discovery Health.
Don't Fear the Brown Recluse Spider (Seriously)
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Ninety percent of brown recluse bites don't have any effect at all - but the mythology around these creatures and their bites is legendary.
How Brunelleschi Built the World's Biggest Dome
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The dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore is the largest masonry dome ever built and still defines the city of Florence over 500 years later.
The Cheetah Is a Rare Daytime Hunter Among Big Cats
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With lightning speed and incredible vision, the cheetah is the fastest land animal on Earth and the best hunter on the savanna.
How the U.S. Capitol's Design Was Chosen By Public Competition
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The U.S. Capitol is one of the most impressive buildings in the world. And how its design was chosen is quite a story. HowStuffWorks explains.
How the Pledge of Allegiance Went from Marketing Ploy to Classroom Staple
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The Pledge of Allegiance started as just part of a marketing campaign to sell flags. But along the way, it became something much much bigger.
We're Getting Closer to the Quantum Internet, But What Is It?
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The quantum internet would use the quirky behavior of tiny particles to enable applications not possible with today's internet.
NASA's Chief Sniffer's Job Is to Keep 'Stinky' Situations Out of Space
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Nobody's nose knows better than NASA's George Aldrich. He's the longest-serving member of the space agency's odor panel, which basically sniffs and smells everything that goes up into space.
Why is it bad luck to change the name of a ship?
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Sailors are known for superstitions about good and bad luck while sailing, including one about the name of the ship itself.