How to Remove Pet Hair From Your Washer and Dryer
As much as we love our pets, sometimes our furry friends give us more than just love and affection: they also leave fur on our […]
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How (and When) to Watch the Massive Comet K2 Fly Past the Earth
zhzhzhzh What is K2? Comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) – or “K2” for short – was first discovered five years ago in May 2017 by the […]
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How to Divide Perennials and Why You Need It
Perennials have earned a place in the hearts and yards of people who like to have foliage around but don’t have to spend time planting […]
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How to Decide Which Is Cheaper: Driving or Flying This Summer
Now that we are in the third summer of the COVID-19 pandemic, some people who were uncomfortable traveling in 2020 or 2021 have decided to […]
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How to Keep Your HVAC Filter From Getting Dirty so Quickly
When you change the air filter in your oven, you expect the old one to be dirty. But let’s imagine that when you do your […]
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Don’t Let Your Travel Credits Go to Waste During the Pandemic
Traveling by any means is crazy right now, so you might not be thinking about booking a trip anytime soon. Or maybe you’re traveling out […]
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The Best Tax Exemption for Travelers and Expats
If you live abroad or travel frequently, make sure you don’t give Uncle Sam in the United States more money than you should. Foreign Earned […]
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You Can Get Free Credits to Spend on Amazon Prime Day
Amazon really wants you to buy stuff next week. This year, Prime Day, which is less of a holiday or a sale and more of […]
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How to Wash Silk Sheets If You Hate Wrinkles
I’ve long professed my loyalty to silk sheets, but I’m less likely to reveal how painful it is to wash and smooth them. They are […]
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Another Day, Another Dangerous Social Media Challenge
If you haven’t already, you’ll soon start hearing a lot about the so-called “blackout challenge” that’s causing an uproar on the internet. TikTok has been […]
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All the Ways Amazon Tricks You Into Spending More on Prime Day
Amazon’s “Prime Day” event is back for another year: another complex, multi-tentacled network of supposed discounts. But it’s essentially the same as any old sale […]
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The 6 Best Podcasts on Radical American Movements
From the Weather Underground movement of the 1960s to the attacks on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, the stories of radicals and radical movements […]
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Where to Have Free Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner on Your Birthday
While aging is inevitable, spending money on your birthday is not. With a combination of the digital revolution and late-stage capitalism, every chain restaurant vies […]
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The First Things You Need to Buy After Moving Into Your Starter House
Congratulations, you have just bought your first home ! After years of living in an apartment, exotic things like extra bedrooms, a garage, and a […]
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The 15 Best Foodie Movies and TV Shows That Aren’t “Bear”
There are movies and TV shows that make cooking (and eating) feel like a joyful, unifying activity that brings families and cultures together. There are […]
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How to Talk to Teachers and Coaches About Your Child’s Neurodivergence
Many children with one of the various diagnoses that fall under the definition of neurodivergence exhibit behavior that looks like bad behavior to the unprepared […]
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How to Make Silky Sous Vide Eggs Without Sous Vide
There’s a lot of content out there to help you decide what to cook with your whimsical precision sous vide, dipping, circulating, no-flame tool, or […]
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The Only Good Tip for Amazon Prime Day Shopping
It’s not an official holiday, but Amazon Prime Day (“Days” really) has been a capitalist tradition since 2015. This year, the mega retailer will be […]
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A Guide to Children’s Culture for Adults Out of Touch With Reality: Why Is the Series “Gentleminions” Banned?
The main thing that distinguishes children from older people is not a technological gap or that children have not fully internalized the inevitability of their […]
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You Can Get Some of the Benefits of Sleeping While You’re Still Awake
We all need more sleep. While adults typically need to sleep more than seven hours a night, more than a third of Americans average less […]
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You Need This Yogurt Cookie
Cookies can cause a lot of tension when you suggest changing a traditional recipe. Well, things get awkward. I made cookies with a yogurt cup […]
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The Best Amazon Prime Benefits You Didn’t Know About
Popular online wisdom says that Amazon is evil and you should stop giving them your money . However, around 76.6 million households in the United […]
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Suicide Rescue Line Gets a New Number
Starting July 16, the National Suicide Prevention Line number, which you can call at 1-800-273-8255, will be easier to remember. The old number will still […]
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Please Never Open a PDF With Weird Text
I receive a lot of spam texts . A lot . They are immediately recognized: the original number does not look familiar and is attached […]
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When Are Airbnb Cams Legal (and How to Spot Them)?
When you rent an Airbnb, you are obviously staying at someone else’s private property. And all of these property owners have different ideas about how […]
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What to Do If You’re Struck by Lightning (and How to Avoid It)
We use the phrase “you’re more likely to be struck by lightning” all the time to describe unlikely events, but according to the National Weather […]
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How to Request House Arrest Instead of Going to Jail
House arrest may seem like one of those special deals that celebrities get, and the infamous ankle bracelets are the highlight, but the reality is […]
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Why You Should Never Plug in an Unknown USB Device
Let’s set the scene: you’re in the world, doing what you’re doing when you stumble upon an abandoned USB drive. What could be inside? Maybe […]
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Your Hotel Mini Fridge May Not Be a Real Fridge
Have you ever stuck the leftovers of a restaurant in a hotel’s mini-fridge and wondered the next morning why it’s so…warm? You don’t imagine. Refrigerators […]
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Weirdest Ways You Didn’t Know You Could Reuse Banana Peels
The jury is still out on the “correct” way to eat a banana , but it’s undeniable that you’re wasting banana peels if you just […]
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Conduct a Privacy Audit of This Android App, I Beg You
Android’s reputation as a platform that doesn’t care about user privacy is outdated: if you’re using a modern Android smartphone, you have a lot of […]
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Where Are the Erogenous Zones?
There is more to sex and foreplay than the obvious. Knowing and understanding your partner’s erogenous zones – and your own – is the key […]
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How to Notify That You Are About to Be Fired
I was talking to a friend from corporate life last night about upcoming layoffs at the tech company she works for. She’s been through the […]
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Lentils Make the Best Minced Meat
It took me a few extra laps along the path of adulthood to find my culinary gene. My life used to be spent convincing those […]
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You Should Download the Matrix Awakens Now
The PS5 and Xbox Series X/S are powerful machines, and that’s nothing new. One such example of such power is The Matrix Awakens , currently […]
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The Least Terrible Social Networking Sites for Those Who Want to Be Less Unhappy
Almost everyone agrees that the huge arrays of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Reddit are terrible, each in their own way. But these monolithic social […]
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Avoid These Phone Call Scam Apps on Android
Older Android phones pose a known security risk, but a recent study by the Microsoft 365 Defender research team shows how vulnerable older devices are […]
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What to Do If an Excessive Heat Warning Appears
If you’re in parts of Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Mississippi, or Tennessee, you may have heard of an “excessive heat warning” when temperatures […]
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Setting the “fluid Ounces” of Your Kitchen Scale Is a Lie
I recently replaced my kitchen scale. The new one has all the features I was looking for – negative tare is a big upgrade. But […]
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Four Ways to Use Leftover Amarena Cherry Syrup
Fishing the last stem out of a jar of Amarena cherries is extremely frustrating – even more frustrating if the cherry isn’t attached. These bitter […]
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