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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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  • newThe fan fiction that rewrote Harry Potter as an evangelical tract
    In 2014, an author calling herself Grace Ann Parsons, username "proudhousewife," began serializing Hogwarts School of Prayer and Miracles on FanFiction.Net. Her version recast Harry as an American orphan raised by his atheist, career-driven aunt Petu…
    - 2 hours ago 12 Jul 26, 12:54pm -
  • newA company tried to make Monopoly in America and couldn't get dice
    When the WS Game Company got hit with a seven-figure tariff bill on the board games it imports from China, CEO Jonathan Silva decided to find out whether he could make one in America instead. He picked a 250th-birthday edition called Monopoly: The Am…
    - 5 hours ago 12 Jul 26, 10:00am -
  • newLearn 150+ languages for life for $70 with uTalk
    TL;DR: Get lifetime access to the uTalk language learning app and learn from native speakers for $69.97 (reg. $300), its best price yet through July 31 at 11:59 p.m. PT.Most language apps can handle Spanish, Italian, or French. But things can get…
    - 5 hours ago 12 Jul 26, 10:00am -
  • newThe British government has kept a cat on the payroll since 1929
    On June 3, 1929, a Treasury official named A.E. Banham authorized the Office Keeper at 10 Downing Street "to spend 1d a day from petty cash towards the maintenance of an efficient cat." The job remains to this day. Britain's official resident cat now…
    - 19 hours ago 11 Jul 26, 7:28pm -
  • newLos Angeles police pause Flock's surveillance of everyday life
    Los Angeles police are ending their three-year agreement with Flock Safety after privacy and civil liberties concerns, which is what happens when "neighborhood safety camera" starts sounding a lot like "citywide photographic dragnet."KABC reports th…
    - 22 hours ago 11 Jul 26, 4:55pm -
  • newYou should get a Sam's Club Membership for $25
    TL;DR: New members can score a 1-year Sam's Club membership for just $25 for a limited time.Warehouse clubs get a bad rap for feeling like a chore, but Sam's Club has quietly become one of the easiest ways to cut your grocery bill without chang…
    - 23 hours ago 11 Jul 26, 4:00pm -
  • Kill a subscription and own Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for life for just $30
    TL;DR: A lifetime license to Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows is available now for only $29.97 (MSRP $219.99).Another subscription bites the dust — get the classic 2021 Microsoft Office suite for a one-time purchase to own Excel…
    - 1 day ago 11 Jul 26, 10:00am -
  • Anthony Hopkins releases first album at 88
    Anthony Hopkins, famed for his Oscar-winning performance as serial killer Hannibal Lecter among many other movie and television roles, has his first album coming out at 88 years of age. A lifelong composer, but busy with other work ("Music was my fir…
    - 2 days ago 10 Jul 26, 5:31pm -
  • Watch Asian swamp eels emerge from the mud for feeding time
    The Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus) is an unusual freshwater fish with a snake-like body and no scales. Native to East and Southeast Asia, it lives in wetlands, rice paddies, canals, and slow-moving streams. It can breathe through its skin and the…
    - 2 days ago 10 Jul 26, 4:57pm -
  • The Hastings Museum celebrates Kool-Aid's origins with a permanent exhibit
    Hastings, Nebraska, is the birthplace of Kool-Aid, and the city's museum has a permanent exhibit dedicated to the powdered drink's history. You can see photos of it here on Atlas Obscura. The display follows inventor Edwin Perkins, who transformed an…
    - 2 days ago 10 Jul 26, 4:52pm -

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