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Can You Guess the Chick Flick From a Single Sentence Summary?
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Do you know your "Legally Blonde" from your "House Bunny"? What about the difference between "10 Things I Hate About You" and "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days"? Test your knowledge of chick flicks past and present by identifying these single-sentence summarizations!
What Is Transcendentalism and How Did It Change America?
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Transcendentalism was a 19th century philosophical movement with adherents like Thoreau, Emerson and Fuller, based on principles of freedom, feminism, abolition and the idea that people had divine truth within them.
How the Food Industry Made 'Artisan' Meaningless
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HowStuffWorks Now looks at the rise and fall of America's love affair with 'artisanal' food.
How Automotive Assembly Lines Work
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There was a time when all cars were entirely hand-built - assembled individually until each one was complete and then it was on to the next one. Automotive assembly lines changed that forever.
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.
Teens in Crisis: Cutting on the Rise
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Cutting is on the rise in teens and can be attributed to a couple of reasons. Learn more about teens and cutting from Discovery Health.
How Hollywood Screen Siren Hedy Lamarr Helped Pioneer WiFi and GPS
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Hedy Lamarr's twin passions were acting and inventing. During World War II, she came up with a secret communication system that paved the way for technology like WiFi and GPS. But for decades, people thought this was an urban legend.
Norland College: Where the Royals Find Their Nannies
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Ever wondered how the British royal family finds nannies fit to change royal nappies? The answer is a nanny college called Norland.
How Food Recalls Work
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Food recalls occur when products fail to do what they're supposed to do or because they pose a hazard. Learn more about food recalls at HowStuffWorks.
Gertrude Bell Was Victorian England's 'Female Lawrence of Arabia'
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An intrepid world traveler, skilled mountaineer and noted archaeologist, Gertrude Bell broke all the rules at a time when women lived under the oppressive thumb of Victorian-era England.