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10 Things Not to Do When Painting Your Home
Here are 10 things NOT to do when you have an endless house-painting job looming over you. Learn more about painting your house at HowStuffWorks.com.
Can You Identify All These Road Signs?
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Are you prone to road rage when you see a car ignoring the rules of the road? It's time to see if you stand up to your own criticism. If you know what all of these road signs are for, you're an expert driver.
Homeless Americans Can Vote, But It Isn't Easy
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What's required to vote in America? HowStuffWorks looks at how homeless people can vote in the U.S.
How Yurts Work
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Yurts are circular lattice-walled tent used throughout history by nomads in Central Asia. Find out why yurts are popular with campers and nomads.
Top 10 Game-changing Military Technologies
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These 10 technologies changed war and the course of history as we know it. Some of these battlefield innovations, like adding grooves to gun barrels, are surprisingly simple. So what else made our list?
10 Scientifically Sound Weather Superstitions
Ever hear that saying that a cow lies down when rain is coming? This superstition may not be as udderly ridiculous as you think.
The Saltwater Underground Railroad Moved Slaves From Florida to Freedom
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The Saltwater Underground Railroad was a coastal escape route followed by slaves from the American South into the British-controlled Bahamas.
Amber Hagerman: The Abduction That Inspired AMBER Alerts
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By now, it's probably a familiar sound: jarring, ear-splitting tones that sound from your mobile device. Known as an AMBER Alert, these emergency notifications can be pivotal in finding abducted children. Named after Amber Hagerman, the system started in 1996.
How Urban Planning Works
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Urban planning works to design a city so that it can be used effectively by its people. Find out more about how urban planning works.
10 Places You're Probably Being Watched Every Day
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Is there any place you can go and not be watched? Find out 10 places where you're watched every day at HowStuffWorks.