What Is an “attractiveness Quotient” (and How to Increase It)?
You’ve heard of the intelligence quotient, or IQ, and you probably know that it’s not the most reliable way to determine how smart you are […]
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Stop Washing Your Baseball Cap in the Washing Machine (and Do This Instead)
Whether you wear a baseball cap every day to hide an exceptionally bad haircut or lack of a recent shower, or to protect yourself from […]
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How to Protect Your Car From Sun and Heat Damage
You know you need sunscreen and layers to protect you from the sun so you don’t get a bad sunburn . It goes without saying […]
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The Hidden (and Easiest) Way to Use Google Lens
Google Lens is one of the company’s most useful and impressive tools: with it, you can scan objects in the world around you to learn […]
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How to Reduce the Risk of Contracting Monkeypox During Sex
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , there were over 2,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox in 37 different countries in 2022. While […]
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Don’t Buy These Apple Products (and What to Buy Instead)
Most of the products Apple sells today are noteworthy, but there are a few underperformers that the company continues to sell that aren’t worth their […]
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How to Get the Best Price on a Car That No Longer Drives
Cars are terrible investments. New cars depreciate by about 20-30 percent in their first year and then continue to depreciate. Eventually, your car hits rock […]
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Your IPhone Needs Customizable Battery Alerts
A smartphone is only as good as its battery, and since the release of the first iPhone, Apple has done its part to make sure […]
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How to Turn Off Google Assistant When You Don’t Need Its Damn Help
Google Assistant is a useful part of the Android ecosystem. It will help you set reminders, make calls, and even search for that weird song. […]
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How to Prevent Birds From Building Nests in the Most Unfavorable Places
While we may enjoy watching birds, sometimes they build their nests in dangerous or inconvenient places near our home. It can be difficult to deal […]
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A Guide to Child Culture for Out-of-Touch Adults: How Young Is He to Go Horn?
In the UK, the summer months were called “silly season” because of the frivolous news that filled the media for lack of “real” news. The […]
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Caviar Belongs to Potato Chips
Caviar has been trending lately thanks to a recent NYT article about “caviar cones” or “tasting caviar on the back of your hand,” a weird […]
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Should You Use Shaving Cream, Gel or Foam?
When you’re removing hair from your face or legs, all you really need is a razor and something to reduce friction between baby’s delicate skin […]
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How to Know If Someone Has Accessed Your Google Account
Unless you have vowed to leave Google forever , at least some part of your digital life is most likely connected to the company. Maybe […]
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Why Do so Many TikTok Influencers Want Us to Do Pilates?
The latest piece of fitness misinformation is spreading on TikTok, but I’ve seen it pop up elsewhere as well. Young women praise Pilates (sometimes along […]
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Use This “celebration Formula” for Father’s Day
What to give my husband for Father’s Day always makes me a little nervous. He is not picky, so he will not be upset if […]
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Maybe You Should Just Send Your Luggage
Air travel is both a triumph of human engineering and a prime example of the frustrations of modern life. On the one hand, a huge […]
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All Ways to Incorrectly Set up the TV
This TikTok video from Kylo Sten begins with a bold statement: “I work in TV post-production and almost all of you guys are setting your […]
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This App Is Like a Homing Device for Bluetooth Signals
Bluetooth devices are more common than ever. Wireless technology seems to be built into almost every product we buy: it connects our iPhones to our […]
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Use This Trick to Stop Yourself From Throwing Up
We’ve all experienced panic, uncomfortable moments (or many) when that horrible, all-consuming feeling of “Oh shit, I’m about to vomit” takes over our body and […]
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Where You’ll Need a National Park Reservation This Summer (and How to Get There Without One)
The US National Park Service reports nearly 300 million recreational visits to its parks in 2021. In an effort to plan for a similarly high […]
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You Should Definitely Air Fry the Banana
People are always trying to turn bananas into ice cream, and who can blame them. Ice cream is really that bitch. It’s sweet and rich, […]
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How to Leave a Website That Has a Disabled Back Button
It’s a typical day: you fire up the search engine of your choice, type in your query, then click on a promising link. It’s not […]
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When Children Under 5 Can Finally Get Their COVID Vaccines
After a seemingly endless wait, two COVID vaccines are finally allowed for children under 5 years of age. An FDA advisory panel on Wednesday voted […]
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How to Kill Your Lawn (and Why You Might Want To)
The lawn occupies a fascinating niche in American culture. The most grown crop in the country , this patch of grass in front of your […]
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18 Films for Times of Economic Turmoil
Rampant inflation, interest rates are rising faster than at any time in 28 years , gas prices are skyrocketing, and continued stress from Russia’s invasion […]
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The 8 Biggest Bear Markets in US History (and What We Can Learn From Them)
As of this week, we are officially in a bear market . The S&P 500 has lost more than 20% of its value, with some […]
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You Need a Cake Spoon This Summer
The best filling for a cake is whipped cream. It’s light, fluffy, slightly sweet, and goes with everything from angel food cake to double chocolate […]
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Is It Safe to Give Melatonin to Children?
When you become a parent, you quickly realize the importance of sleep, mostly because your kids (and by extension, you) just don’t get enough of […]
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Solo Tabletop RPGs Are Really Fun, Actually
Tabletop RPGs are a great way to chat, play, and fantasize with friends, but it’s hard to find the time to play regularly. Whether the […]
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The Best Ways to Save Your Dirty Sneakers
If your sneakers are very dirty but you don’t want to replace them , there are ways to get them back in good shape, if […]
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How to Spot a Dubious Online Pharmacy
There are many apps and websites available these days that can help you write prescriptions and even get prescriptions for things like birth control or […]
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9 Things Our Parents Did That We Should Definitely Bring Back
Back in the day—which for our purposes we’ll define as the 1980s and 90s—parents acted differently. Unlike “helicopter parents”, they were at the peak of […]
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How to Get the Best Prices on Your Prescriptions
Medicines can be notoriously and prohibitively expensive in the US. Lack of price regulation, exclusivity and general capitalist forces contribute to this, but there are […]
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Should You Wear a Mask If You’re the Only One Doing It?
It is less and less common to see masks when you go outside. If you live in a place where people once knew how to […]
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Update Windows Now to Fix These Security Vulnerabilities
In an ideal world, software should not have security vulnerabilities. The code must be written perfectly, eliminating any bugs or glitches in the system that […]
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Every Major Streaming Service Offering a College Discount
If you’re a college student, two things are likely to be true: you probably love streaming media, and you’re probably broke. But if you need […]
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You Need a New Leafy Pie in Your Life
The sheer variety of cakes that exist in the world is exciting, if a little overwhelming. Choosing between a butterfly-shaped cake with motors inside or […]
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How to Get Rid of Slugs in Your Garden
If you live in an area with slugs, you know that they can be a major nuisance in the garden. Nothing will ruin your carefully […]
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Your Recalled Ford May Roll Away Unexpectedly
When learning to drive, one of the first things we are taught is how to shift a vehicle into different gears (especially if it is […]
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