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Can You Identify the Disney Channel Original Movie From a Screenshot?
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Next up: Disney trivia! Think you have what it takes to be the star? Then Channel your inner movie buff and show your best film skills in this challenge featuring your favorite Disney Channel Original Movies!
How the NSA Works
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Do you know how the NSA works? Find out how the NSA works at HowStuffWorks.
5 Games You Can Play With Only Pen and Paper
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Games that you play with only pen and paper can be just as fun as modern, high-tech games. Learn about five fun games you play with pen and paper.
Meet the Trebuchet, the Castle-crushing Catapult of the Middle Ages
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Before the advent of gunpowder, enemy combatants used a powerful siege weapon called a trebuchet to forcefully launch projectiles - sometimes a large stone, a decapitated human head or a dead horse - at intended targets.
How Braille Works
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In spite of being so small and easy to overlook, Braille is amazing. Learn why Braille was invented and about the impact that it has had on the blind.
How Cotton Candy Works
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It's your favorite, sticky-sweet treat at a carnival, but do you know how cotton candy is actually made? Read this article to find out how.
How Helicopters Work
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Believe it or not, the marvel we know as the helicopter began as a Chinese top consisting of a shaft - a stick - adorned with feathers on one end.
How Face Transplants Work
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A face transplant may be difficult to imagine, but doctors can now transplant part, or all, of a face from a donor. Read about the face transplant.
Death by Invention: 5 Inventors who Died by Their Own Work
Some inventors have died from their own work. So, is it fate or irony that led these five inventors to die by the hands of their own work?
Can You Name All These British Landmarks?
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Can you tell the difference between the gorgeous old church where Princess Diana was married and the gorgeous old church where Will and Kate wed? Take our quiz to see how many of these British landmarks you can name!