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Made in America: The Ridiculous History of 'OK'
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The fad for abbreviations like LOL is nothing new. In fact, this trend in the 1840s spawned the greatest abbreviation of all, "OK."
'Operation Mincemeat': The Wild Spy Deception That Helped Win WWII
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Operation Mincemeat seems like a spy novel plot. British spies left fake "secret" plans on a dead man's body hoping to fool the Nazis. And it worked.
Can You Name the British Movie From One Screenshot?
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God save the Queen and British cinema as well! Hollywood may dominate, but the U.K. is doing fine, shaking and not stirring drinks for James Bond and heading to Hogwarts with Harry Potter. Think you can name all of these British films? Take the quiz and see!
Still Riding the Rails: Life as a Modern Hobo
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Maybe you thought hobos disappeared along with the Great Depression. But some folks are still living the life - albeit only part-time and without a bundle on a stick.
Is a free market "free" if it's regulated?
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A free market is subject to peaks and troughs in a bustling or failing economy -- no one regulates it. Learn how a free market works and theories behind it.
How Lying Works
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Lying is a common behavior that nevertheless drives people crazy. Why do we lie? How do you catch someone lying? And why is it so hard to tell the truth?
How Amazon Echo Works
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Could Amazon Echo be the voice-controlled computer that will finally walk us into the future? Learn about the Amazon Echo at HowStuffWorks.
Does sucking your thumb really ruin your teeth?
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Is it true that sucking a thumb ruins a child's teeth? Read this article to know when to worry about thumb sucking and the development of teeth.
Why Isn't Washington, D.C. Already a State?
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The residents of the U.S. capital pay taxes and serve in the armed forces but have no voting representation in Congress. Many Democrats want to change that.
How Cesar Chavez United Thousands of Farmworkers and Became a Civil Rights Icon
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Cesar Chavez was able to do something nobody before him could - organize farmworkers through nonviolent resistance. We look at his life and legacy.