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How Payroll Systems Work
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Payroll systems help employers meet their financial responsibilities to their employees and lets them handle other duties. Read about payroll systems.
How Credit Unions Work
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Credit unions are not-for-profit institutions that are owned by their account holders. Learn about credit unions and credit union services.
Who killed JFK?
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Who killed JFK? Conspiracy theories about the JFK assassination still abound. Learn about the JFK theories and who killed John F. Kennedy.
All About the Humane Society Fund
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The Humane Society does more than help shelters care for animals. Learn more about Humane Society programs and how the Humane Society helps animals.
10 Largest Economies in the World, Ranked by Nominal GDP
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Often measured by GDP (gross domestic product), the size of an economy is often defined by the total value of all the goods and services produced the borders of a given country. This gives us a nice, round (and often very large) number to stick next to a country's name, which makes it easy to compare to other countries.
Test Your Knowledge of the Industrial Revolution
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Test your knowledge of what went down during the age of expanding landscapes, incredible innovation and the ultimate shift in life as people knew it.
How the Dawes Act Stole 90 Million Acres of Native American Land
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An alliance between well-meaning social reformers and land-hungry farmers resulted in a federal act that caused Native Americans to lose millions of acres of land they had once owned.
How Swiss Bank Accounts Work
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Swiss bank accounts are famous for security and stability. Learn about Swiss bank accounts and find out why Swiss bank accounts are different from standard accounts.
How American Exceptionalism Works
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'American Exceptionalism' is a term that's been used both positively and negatively. Find out the meanings of American Exceptionalism at HowStuffWorks.
5 Large Nations With No Homeland
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HowStuffWorks looks at stateless people, who are not regarded as citizens of the country they are born in, including Kurds, Rohingya and Roma.