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Test Your Vocabulary With This Quiz!
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Want to test your smarts without the headache of a graduate program? Take this vocabulary quiz, and let's find out if you're smarter than a Ph.D. student.
Think Dimetrodon Was a Dinosaur? Think Again
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Dimetrodon may look for all the world like a dinosaur, but in reality, was a member of the same clade, or group of animals, that gave rise to mammals.
Ada Limón Is the First Female U.S. Poet Laureate of Mexican Ancestry
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The most recent U.S. poet laureate, Joy Harjo, was the first Native American to fill the role and she passed the baton to Limón in July 2022.
What Is Morse Code? How It Works and Still Lives On
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The heyday for Morse code is primarily over, but this communication method using dots and dashes still has its place in our digital world.
How Video Formatting Works
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When you watch a movie on your TV, you're not always seeing the same movie that played in the theater. A lot of formatting goes into fitting a movie onto a TV screen. Learn about the changes a movie goes through so you can watch it at home.
Top 10 Heart Attack Symptoms That Should Have You Calling 911
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There are certain heart attack symptoms that should have you calling 911 pronto. Learn about ten major heart attack symptoms and find out why heart attacks occur at all.
How Exorcism Works
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If you've seen the movie "The Exorcist," you have some idea of what exorcism is. But is it real, or are there other explanations for what some people call "possession"? Learn why a priest might perform an exorcism and more.
The 16 Biggest Box Office Bombs of All Time
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To make their money back, plus a tidy profit, movie studios have to get butts into theater seats on opening weekend. This plan doesn't always work out.
10 Famous Fathers
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Each of the dads on this list is a fascinating case study in how career success intermingles with raising kids.
10 Famous Cars and the Drivers Who Drove Them
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Learn about famous cars and their famous (and sometimes infamous) drivers from television, the movies and even real life at HowStuffWorks.