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Test Your Mental Mettle With These Ridiculous Riddles
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Riddles certainly aren't new. In fact, ancient Sumerians were writing them over 4000 years ago! Let's see how well you do with our collection of brain-teasers!
Chicxulub Crater: Where the End of the Dinosaurs Began
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The Chicxulub meteor impact may have killed off the dinosaurs. Would they have lived if the meteor missed? Learn more about the Chicxulub meteor.
Legos Go Green!
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Lego has switched to a sugarcane-based plastic as part of its commitment to using only sustainably-sourced materials.
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.
How to Play Diplomacy
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Do you know how to play the complex strategy game Diplomacy? Learn how to play Diplomacy at HowStuffWorks.
20 Notable People Who Dropped Out of School
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These 20 people, including Thomas Edison, Princess Diana and Benjamin Franklin, achieved notable success in life, even after dropping out of school.
How to Make a Million Dollars
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Thanks to inflation, there are more millionaires today than ever before. Find out exactly what makes a person a millionaire.
The Famous Family Feud That Spawned Adidas and Puma
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Brothers Adolph and Rudolph Dassler were building a sneaker empire as the Nazis rose to power. Instead of fighting the Third Reich, they battled each other.
What is the most isolated culture on Earth -- and what can we learn from it?
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The most isolated culture on Earth has managed to avoid the rapid evolution of society and technology. Learn about the most isolated culture.
Were the Flintstones Neanderthals?
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HowStuffWorks discovers a relationship between Neanderthals and America's favorite cartoon family of the 1960s.