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Jamais Vu Is Not Déjà Vu. It's Quite the Opposite
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Ever find yourself momentarily disoriented in a familiar place or encounter a friend who looks like a stranger? You could be experiencing jamais vu.
How Revisionist History Works
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Revisionist history can range from simply correcting a date to reconsidering the causes of a war. Learn why revisionist history is controversial.
How Horoscopes Work
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Astrology holds that the relative positions of stars and planets have influence over the lives of human beings. Believers call it a science, while non-believers call it nonsense. Learn the basics of astrology.
Top 144 Tone Words to Elevate Your Writing Style
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Have you ever wondered why an author's writing can sometimes feel as cold as ice or as warm as a sunny day? It's all comes down to tone. Whether the writing is stark and emotionless or deeply felt and intimate, tone words help decode the author's intent.
How Frankenstein's Monster Works
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Frankenstein's monster brought questions about human consciousness and synthetic life to readers of fiction. Learn about How Frankenstein's Monster Works.
Are we living in a computer simulation?
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Computer simulations can be very life-like, but so real that we might be living in one? Find out if we are living in a computer simulation.
How Crystal Skulls Work
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To some people, a crystal skull is simply a crystal in the shape of a human skull. But to those who believe in the supernatural, it can represent doom or hope.
What Is the Chemtrails Conspiracy Theory?
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It's hard to look up in the sky on a clear day and not see a "cloud" trailing from an airplane. They're called contrails, though some refer to them as "chemtrails" and have odd explanations for their existence.
Could an 'X17 Particle' Hint at a Fifth Force in the Universe?
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The Standard Model of physics is a framework for the subatomic world. Could a newfound carrier boson expand that framework? HowStuffWorks looks in.
Have we reached peak oil?
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Oil is a nonrenewable resource. Have we found all the oil there is to find, or is there more out there somewhere? What's the best way to wean ourselves from our oil dependency?