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Birth certificates, Social Security cards, passport, deeds, titles, and tax returns: All documents you’re supposed to store in safe, fireproof place. But let’s say you’ve been less than diligent about doing so. As GRS points out, they’re not documents you generally need often, but when you do need them—say to “sell your car, travel overseas, [...]

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Although a number of people learn to speak Chinese and Japanese, writing these languages is a different matter. Most people cannot properly differentiate between the characters of these languages. To help them write these languages better, Skritter was created.  Skritter is a web service that helps users learn to draw chinese Chinese and Japanese characters [...]

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Very, very cool looking.  And a tough dude – it eats Portugese Men-of-War: G. atlanticus preys on other larger pelagic organisms: the dangerously venomous Portuguese Man o’ War Physalia physalis… G. atlanticus is able to feed on P. physalis due to its immunity to the venomous nematocysts. The blue sea slug will consume the entire [...]

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1. THE RULE: “…she shall put the rainment of her capitivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month; and after that thou shalt go in unto her and be her husband…” (from Deuteronomy 21:10-14) THE TRANSLATION: If you capture a beautiful woman during [...]

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Save the platypus species by crafting a cell that will be sent to another planet, if you have the right knowledge in biology! Warning: This may be educational.

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Key fobs are handy for keyless entry to your car, but carrying around multiple key fobs makes for a seriously bulky keychain. With that in mind, tech blog Filear details how to program your keyless entry remote with multiple cars.

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We’re all familiar with the concept of time seemingly moving faster when we’re having fun, and dragging when we’re bored. Professor Philip Zimbardo explains in this artfully presented video that it’s a lot more precise than that. Past-oriented vs. present or future-oriented personalities differ across many landscapes, and factors like religion, geography and culture greatly [...]

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Giorgio Milos, master barista for Italian espresso giant illy, has spent a lot of time drinking overly strong, too bitter, and otherwise bad espresso around the U.S. His main complaint? Espresso made in restaurants, and at home, needs a better grind. Milos has quite a laundry list of complaints about how his beloved espresso is [...]

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