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  • Remove a Cork Stuck Inside a Wine Bottle With a Ribbon
    You go to pop open a fresh bottle of wine—maybe you don’t have a proper wine-opening tool —and the cork, or part of it, plummets into the bottle. You’re left with two choices: finish the bottle, or use this handy trick.Read more...
    - 3 Jul 16, 6:00pm -
  • Flamyngo Simplifies Getting Travel Tips From Friends
    iPhone: If you’re heading out on vacation to somewhere your friends or family have already gone, it’s natural to ask for any suggestions they might have for places to go. This usually results in a mess of texts and emails from various people. Fla…
    - 3 Jul 16, 5:00pm -
  • Get Your Game of Thrones Fix With This Interactive, Spoiler-Proof Map
    Game of Thrones fans, you might not know what to do with yourself now that Season 6 is over. This interactive map will help you get your fix until the next season starts.Read more...
    - 3 Jul 16, 3:00pm -
  • When In Doubt, Mimic the Body Language of Others to Be More Persuasive
    Body language varies from one person to another. Trying to follow a set of specific actions to effectively communicate with everyone is bound to fail. If you’re talking with someone one-on-one, mimic their body language instead to be more persuasiv…
    - 3 Jul 16, 2:00pm -
  • This DIY Wood Beer Carrier Even Has a Bottle Opener on the Side
    Instructables user Herbsco built this reusable, good-looking beer carrier out of solid walnut, which probably explains why it looks so good, but even if you don’t have that available, he has everything you need to make your own—and attach a bottl…
    - 3 Jul 16, 1:00pm -
  • Ambient Noise Showdown: Noisli vs. White Noise vs. Rain Rain
    Ambient noise apps drown out distractions so you can focus on your work, or generate serene, peaceful environments that encourage you to fall asleep. But with dozens you can download, it’s hard to know which is the best. Noisli, White Noise, and Ra…
    - 3 Jul 16, 10:00am -
  • A Video and Graphic Guide to 12 of America's Most Beautiful Natural Parks
    There are dozens of beautiful National Parks in the United States, but if you could only see one, this video and graphic guide from Expedia helps you narrow your choices down to 12 great parks you can explore, all of which are known for specific land…
    - 3 Jul 16, 9:00am -
  • Sunday's Best Deals: Fire HD 6, GreenWorks Tools, Weather Radios
    Weather radios, GreenWorks tools, and Amazon’s Fire HD 6 lead off Sunday’s best deals.Read more...
    - 3 Jul 16, 8:30am -
  • This Week's Top Downloads
    Every week, we share a number of downloads for all platforms to help you get things done. Here were the top downloads from this week.Read more...
    - 2 Jul 16, 6:00pm -
  • Clean Rusty Grill Grates With Some Oil, Salt, and a Potato
    If you don’t grill very often that probably means you don’t clean your grill regularly either. If your grill grates are covered in burnt food and rust, you can get it ready for a cookout with a few household staples.Read more...
    - 2 Jul 16, 5:00pm -

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  • newPainters have been lying with mirrors for 600 years
    In René Magritte's 1937 painting La Reproduction Interdite — roughly "depiction prohibited," or "depiction impossible" — a man stands before a mirror and sees the back of his own head.Artists have been putting trick mirrors into paintings for a…
    - 8 hours ago 16 Apr 26, 8:04pm -
  • newToho's Oscar-winning Godzilla director returns to stomp New York
    Ah, take that Toho Company Ltd. goodness and rub it all over my gums. Try as Hollywood might, they can't seem to get Godzilla right. After hundreds of millions of dollars in attempts, Japan's city-stomping kaiju gurus still reign supreme. Foll…
    - 10 hours ago 16 Apr 26, 6:15pm -
  • newMandalorian and Grogu "final" trailer
    We're closing in on Mando and Grogu's big screen appearance this May. It appears the Mandalorian will have his helmet off again, and forced character growth will continue. It is the way, after all. Previously:• How THE MANDALORIAN is making…
    - 11 hours ago 16 Apr 26, 5:38pm -
  • newMeow! FAA investigates viral audio of pilots meowing and barking
    A snippet of air traffic control audio racked up millions of views online because two pilots started meowing and barking at each other.The drama unfolded on April 12 over an active air traffic control frequency tracking planes at Ronald Reagan Wash…
    - 11 hours ago 16 Apr 26, 5:35pm -
  • newAlbert Hofmann's first LSD trip, 83 years ago today
    Albert Hofmann calculated that one teaspoon of LSD could affect 50,000 people. He arrived at that figure after accidentally absorbing a trace amount through his skin at the Sandoz laboratory in Basel on April 16, 1943 — 83 years ago today. — Read…
    - 11 hours ago 16 Apr 26, 5:16pm -
  • newWe're going to be getting new Hunger Games movies forever
    Looking back on it, it's hard to believe that the first Hunger Games movie came out fourteen years ago. If only because it makes me feel ancient. Unlike some YA fiction authors, however, Suzanne Collins hasn't let mold eat her brain in the intervenin…
    - 12 hours ago 16 Apr 26, 4:49pm -
  • newGrandpa Pudding Brains treats Epstein victims like a footnote, treats Pope like a rival
    In a rambling press conference that managed to be both callous and combative, Donald Trump brushed off victims connected to Jeffrey Epstein with an "or whatever," before pivoting seamlessly into picking a fight with the Pope, because apparently, ther…
    - 12 hours ago 16 Apr 26, 4:42pm -
  • newThe Secret Life of Circuits book explains electronics for everyone
    Electrical circuits have always been a mystery to me. Those tiny components that look like Chiclets or jewelry beads somehow make a light blink, produce music, and detect motion. So I was happy to learn about The Secret Life of Circuits: An Illustrat…
    - 12 hours ago 16 Apr 26, 4:41pm -
  • newA24 and Michaela Coel remaking Jean-Claude Van Damme's "Bloodsport"
    In 1988, Bloodsport was the quintessential Cannon Group VHS blockbuster, costing nothing to make and raking in $50m "despite" negative reviews. It made Jean-Claude Van Damme a star, is notable for being a perfectly-formed, perfectly mindless video ga…
    - 12 hours ago 16 Apr 26, 4:20pm -
  • newWow your clients and peers with custom diagrams for $15
    TL;DR: Microsoft Visio Professional 2021 is now available for the amazingly low price of $14.97 (MSRP $249.99) for a lifetime license for Windows computers.Instead of spending long meetings, brainstorming sessions, or ChatGPT conversations figurin…
    - 12 hours ago 16 Apr 26, 4:00pm -

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