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What are the challenges of reducing solid waste?
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Landfills have long been the final destination for garbage, but as they start to fill up, we're left to find ways to reduce our waste. What challenges are involved, and why isn't reducing waste as easy as it sounds?
10 Ways to Keep Guests Entertained Until Your Reception Send-off
If your wedding guests are bored to tears, they leave after dinner. Check out 10 ways to entertain wedding guests at the reception.
How Plasma Rockets Work
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Imagine if we could get to Mars in 40 days instead of seven months! It could happen if we used plasma rockets, which travel at 34 miles per second. But how do we make this a reality?
10 Common Sayings You're Probably Saying Wrong
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Maybe you could care less about grammar. After all, it's a doggy-dog world? No. That might sound right, but it's one of 10 common phrases people say wrong.
What's a mystery clock?
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Mystery clocks represent that enigmatic intersection between horology and magic. What makes mystery clock's floating hands move and keep time so well?
How Efflorescence Works
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Even Michelangelo had to deal with efflorescence -- white deposits that appear on masonry -- while painting the Sistine Chapel. What causes this unsightly problem, and how can you address it if it shows up on the surfaces of your home?
How the St. Louis Arch Stands Against All Odds
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The St. Louis Arch was so spectacularly designed that, when construction kicked off in 1961, many predicted an epic failure.
Can You Name All Of These Cartoon Characters Based On One Image?
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Everyone has a favorite childhood memory of watching Saturday morning cartoons. As grownups, we have our adult favorites as well. From Mickey Mouse to Peter Griffin, can you guess the cartoon character based on a single image? Prove it!
Do You Know a Ford vs. a Chevy When You See One?
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Two of America's Big 3 are up against each other in this car-identification quiz! Will you be able to tell the Fords apart from the Chevys? It's not so easy!
Art History Experts Know All of the Images in This Quiz — Do You?
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For all of you art history fans out there, it's time to refresh your knowledge with this quiz on the most important art ever produced around the world. Get started and see if you've been to enough museums to get a high score.