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What Is the World's Shortest River?
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Ever wondered what's the difference between a river, a stream, a brook and a tributary?
Ridiculous History: Vitamin Donuts Were a Thing?
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A company marketed doughnuts as healthy and full of vitamins. Read the article to learn more about the vitamin doughnuts of the 1940s.
Some People Are Smoking Scorpions to Get High
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It's strange but true: In parts of the world, some people are choosing to be stung by scorpions in order to get high. Learn more at HowStuffWorks Now.
Brown v. Board Wasn't the First Case to Challenge Jim Crow in Schools
Brown v. Board was a landmark case that advanced the fight against segregation laws, but it was a long road to get there. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.
Now You Have Another Reason to Neflix
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CordCutting.com estimates that watching Netflix will spare viewers from the more than six days' worth of ads they'd encounter on cable annually.
People Who Drive With Their Hazard Lights Flashing Are Making a Mistake
Should you turn on your hazard lights in the rain? Learn why police advise against that unsafe practice in this HowStuffWorks article.
Ridiculous History: The Great Moon Hoax of August 1835
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On Aug. 25, 1835, The New York Sun ran the first of several newspaper columns on the moon's geography, vegetation and humanoid inhabitants. There was just one problem.
Flesh-eating Screwworm Maggots Are Devouring Rare Tiny Florida Deer Alive
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The flesh-eating screwworm has been found in the Florida Keys. Learn more about screwworms and Key deer in this HowStuffWorks Now article.
Loose Mazdas Sink Ships
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The guys from CarStuff recount the story of an accident that left one very large ship and thousands of cars wrecked.
Can Dogs Get Poison Ivy?
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Some of us get it, some of us don't, but did you know that our four-legged friends are also susceptible to poison ivy, the three-leaved menace?