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How to Clean Up Home Energy Consumption
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Periodic cleaning and regular maintenance is the best way to improve efficiency in your home energy consumption. Learn about home energy efficiency.
How Fasting Works
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Fasting is choosing not to eat for religious, political or health reasons. Read about the effects of fasting and whether or not fasting is safe.
Plumbing
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Plumbing is hidden away behind your walls, bringing water in and taking it back out. It may seem mysterious and complicated. Learn about the workings of plumbing, and discover easy repairs you can make yourself.
Can You Identify These Australian Fish?
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In a land dominated by Tasmanian devils, kangaroos and the mighty platypus, you just know there's more than meets the eye under the water, too. Care to wade in and test your knowledge of the fish found in Australia?
Here's Longest Bridge in the U.S., Plus 7 Runners-Up
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Bridges are some of the most awesome and breathtaking constructions, both from a visual standpoint and from an engineering standpoint. They provide such a stark contrast with nature suspended over huge bodies of water and almost appearing to defy gravity.
Who Invented the Toilet? A Brief History of the Flush
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Who invented the toilet? While we wish it were so, it wasn't Thomas Crapper. Surprisingly, toilet design hasn't changed much since the first "water closet" patent in the 1500s.
How Long Could You Survive in the Wilderness?
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Do you have what it takes to build a shelter, hunt for food, and sustain a fresh water supply? Let's find out how long you'll make it or if your survival depends on a quick rescue.
10 Crackpot Theories About Space
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Our knowledge of space changes all the time as new discoveries are made. But some ideas about the universe have never really held water - including the one that everything is made of frozen H2O.
How to Repair Toilet Tank Problems
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Compared with a clogged toilet, tank troubles can seem relatively insignificant. Yet strange noises or continuous water running can be more than annoying; it can cost money. Learn to repair toilet tank problems.
'Cocaine Sharks' Make Waves Off Coast of Brazil
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Ever wondered what sharks might find in their waters besides fish? Turns out, some Brazilian sharpnose sharks (Rhizoprionodon lalandii) have been swimming in some rather strange seas - ones laced with cocaine.