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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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  • newMan who stole a coworker's identity for 30 years had his victim jailed
    Matthew Keirans met William Woods at a hotdog cart in the late 1980s, stole his identity, and lived as him for roughly three decades — pulling a six-figure salary as a hospital IT administrator, getting married (his wife didn't know his real name),…
    - 11 hours ago 12 May 26, 6:56pm -
  • newDoc Copper's nose ring in The Thing was the actor's own idea
    Richard Dysart, who played Dr. Copper in John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), showed up on the Antarctic set with a nose ring in his right nostril. Carpenter let it ride, which means a 50-something military camp physician in 1982 Antarctica has a visib…
    - 11 hours ago 12 May 26, 6:40pm -
  • newA quarter of Disney visitors go into debt for the trip
    LendingTree surveyed more than 2,000 Americans in 2024 and found that roughly one in four Disney park visitors had borrowed money to pay for the trip, according to the New Yorker. Among parents of young kids, 45 percent went into debt, with an averag…
    - 11 hours ago 12 May 26, 6:29pm -
  • newOpenAI sued after ChatGPT advised drug combos that killed a college student
    Sam Nelson was 19, a UC Merced student who discovered ChatGPT as a senior in high school and started using it to troubleshoot problems and do homework. By the time he died of a drug overdose on May 31, 2025, he had shifted to asking the chatbot for g…
    - 11 hours ago 12 May 26, 6:24pm -
  • newRoutine blood tests show 16 markers tied to PTSD across multiple organ systems
    A new study from Mass General Brigham, the Broad Trauma Initiative, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found 16 blood biomarkers consistently linked to PTSD — all already on standard clinical lab panels: cholesterol, glucose, liver enzym…
    - 11 hours ago 12 May 26, 6:21pm -
  • newA major evidence review found Alzheimer's drugs probably don't work — and fraud played a role
    A sweeping new evidence review found that today's top Alzheimer's drugs "probably result in little to no difference" in reducing dementia severity or anything else that matters to patients. Journalists found that key papers propping up the dominant…
    - 11 hours ago 12 May 26, 6:17pm -
  • newThis pocket-sized 1TB Samsung SSD is just $270 and ridiculously fast
    TL;DR: The Samsung T7 1TB Portable SSD delivers ultra-fast transfer speeds, compact portability, durable design, and wide device compatibility for $269.99.There's a certain kind of pain that only tech people understand: waiting for an old externa…
    - 14 hours ago 12 May 26, 4:00pm -
  • newWhy is Grandpa Pudding Brains so grumpy today?
    It would appear that convicted felon and credibly accused of assault by more than two dozen women, Donald Trump, is having a bad day. Not only does he slip up and admit he doesn't care how his war on Iran impacts US citizens, financially or otherwise…
    - 14 hours ago 12 May 26, 3:55pm -
  • newPomiferous: database featuring more than 7,000 apple varieties
    Pomiferous is the world's most extensive database of apples, containing information regarding more than 7,000 varieties. They're organized by name, pollination group, harvest period, and other characteristics. Pomiferous is brought to you by two gr…
    - 17 hours ago 12 May 26, 12:41pm -
  • new1920s library sticker told kids to wash their hands before touching
    This amazing old sticker was found inside the cover of a book from the Pasadena City Schools Library in the 1920s. The sticker features a delightful little cartoon book with a face, arms, and legs that looks like it could be a character in an avant-g…
    - 17 hours ago 12 May 26, 12:39pm -

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