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Get Rid of Excess Beer Foam by Swirling It with Your Greasy Finger
Watch a Balloon Artist Recreate a Life-Sized T. Rex Skeleton
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What is the Origin of the Christmas Tree?
Today’s Big Question: What is the origin of the Christmas tree?
From jalapeno to rose petal to meteorite wines, adventurous drinkers will have a field day with these nine off-the-beaten path vino varieties.
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Spit used to be a key ingredient in saké.
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During a single six-hour period of receptivity, a female rat may mate as many as 500 times.
What Does ‘Ms.’ Stand For?
Today’s Big Question: What does “Ms.” stand for?
13 Tips for Wrapping the Perfect Present
Think you’re all thumbs when it comes to tying bows and wrapping presents? Gift-wrapping pro Alton DuLaney (who once won $10,000 by wrapping, among other things, a baby grand piano) shares his foolproof tips for wrapping your presents beautifully.
Kim Jong-Il, the late supreme leader of North Korea, was a film obsessive: With reportedly 20,000 movies in his possession, he had one of the largest private film collections in the world. And in 1973, he published On the Art of the Cinema, a 300-page, quasi-impenetrable opus filled with musings about what it takes to make a great film. Here are 10 lessons on filmmaking taken straight from Kim Jong-Il’s manifesto.
Missing Just One to Two Hours of Sleep Doubles Your Risk of Car Crash
Another reason to get those recommended seven hours of shut-eye: Missing just one to two hours of sleep doubles your risk of a car crash.
