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How Truck Brakes Work
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Truck brakes have to be big and powerful to stop the truck and its payload. Learn all about truck brakes at HowStuffWorks.
How Improv Everywhere Works
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Improv Everywhere is many things: A stage for the stageless; a script for struggling actors; an attempt to get New Yorkers to remove their earbuds -- which is not as easy as it might seem.
How Prison Telecommunications Work
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Prison telecommunications is tricky business when there's a risk prisoners will use telephone calls to commit crimes. Learn about prison telecommunications.
Banned in the U.S.A: 7 Foods You Can't Eat in the United States
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These seven foods are banned in at least some, if not all, of the states in America. Have you tried any of them?
When Were the Twin Towers Built?
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The twin towers of the World Trade Center were true originals -- their history is one of innovation, persistence and grand ideas.
What Is a Vegan Diet?
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Vegans take vegetarianism to a new level by avoiding eating or wearing any animal products. Learn about vegans and find out how the vegan lifestyle works.
Can a Country Leave the United Nations?
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Can a country leave the United Nations? What countries have left the U.N.? Learn about the process and possibility in this HowStuffWorks Now article.
How Alexander Hamilton Worked
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Musical star, cover boy for the $10 bill, shaper of the American economy - find out if there's anything Alexander Hamilton can't do at HowStuffWorks.
How well do you remember Home Alone 2, ya filthy animal?
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"Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" is the 1992 sequel to the Christmas comedy "Home Alone". Although not quite as successful as the first one, this movie was also a huge success and so sealed Macaulay Culkin's place in Hollywood fame. Take our quiz to see if you know as much as you think you do about "Home Alone 2!"
10 Organizations That Want to Help You Quit Smoking
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There are organizations that want to help you quit smoking. See 10 organizations that want to help you quit smoking to get information and resources.