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How Well Do You Know "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"?
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Welcome to the 99th Precinct. Meet your colleagues, Amy, Rosa, Jake, Gina, Charles, Raymond and Terry! Think you know all about the show? Take the quiz to find out!
5 Reasons Why 'Following Your Passion' May Be Problematic
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We've all heard the career advice to "follow your passion." Is it brilliance or bunk?
How Vampires Work
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The vampire legend has been evolving for centuries. The most common image of the vampire was born in Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" in 1897, but the stories go back further than that. Learn all about the undead.
How Greenhouses Work
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Reproducing plants out of season gave man a measure of control over nature. The allure of it sparked the imagination and inspired new methods for building structures devoted to plants. So how do greenhouses work?
How Sigmund Freud Worked
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Why is Sigmund Freud still so important, even though most of this theories were wrong? Learn about Sigmund Freud at HowStuffWorks.
How the Uncanny Valley Works
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When a super-realistic android or video character gives us a creepy feeling, it enters the uncanny valley. Why do we get spooked, and what can we do to avoid it?
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.
Allosaurus Was a Massive 'Flesh Grazer' and Possible Cannibal
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A full grown Allosaurus could be up to 34 feet long, stand 9 feet tall and weigh around 3 tons. This dino was a monster who, scientists suspect, would even eat his own kind.
Why Democrats Are Donkeys and Republicans Are Elephants
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A donkey and an elephant are the symbols of the U.S. Democratic and Republican parties. Learn the story behind the donkey and the elephant.
Does where you live determine how often you call in sick?
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Calling in sick is something some are more loath to do than others. Does geographic location affect who's calling in sick and who's toughing it out?