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Can You Use Your Phone on a Plane? Furthermore, Should You?

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What's the real reason you can't make a phone call during a flight? Is there really any interference between the aircraft equipment and your cellphone signal?

Could we really blow up an incoming asteroid with a nuclear bomb?

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Surely nuclear weapons, which can obliterate entire cities, contain enough destructive power to blow a giant space rock to bits, right? What does NASA make of the whole explosive business?

Where Was Babylon and Does It Still Exist?

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The ancient city of Babylon was a byword for wickedness in the Bible. But what is the real story? And how did Saddam Hussein try to bring it back?

How big does a meteor have to be to make it to the ground?

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How big is a shooting star? Do they land on earth or do they burn up? Learn how what tiny particles of space dust have to do with meteors.

What is the actual cost of roadside assistance?

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What is the actual cost of roadside assistance? Visit HowStuffWorks to find out what the actual cost of roadside assistance is.

Anatomy 101: Human Body Quiz

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You remember a little ditty about the thigh bone being connected to the hip bone, which was in turn connected to the backbone. But what else do you remember about human anatomy? The answers to this quiz are all inside of you -- literally.

Tornado Watch vs. Warning: Differentiating Disaster Alerts

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Understanding a tornado watch vs. warning is the difference between preparing for a potential disaster or immediately seeking shelter.

Meet '`Oumuamua,' the Strange Interstellar Asteroid That Sent Us a Message

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`Oumuamua is the first interstellar rock that astronomers have ever detected. Learn more about `Oumuamua at HowStuffWorks.

Ridiculous History: When U.S. Farmers Went Mad for Bird Poop

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The Guano Islands Act of 1856 gave the U.S. the ability to claim islands full of bird droppings. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.

Ridiculous History: The Time We Erased One of the World's Biggest Waterfalls

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GuairĂ¡ Falls between Paraguay and Brazil was one of the world's most awe-inspiring, but was erased by Itaipu Dam. Read this HowStuffWorks Now article.

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