The Kids Halloween Candy Code. I’m afraid I’ll go from “miserly portions” to “out of candy and giving out sauce packets from Taco Bell.”
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How hate transforms your brain. Hatred heightens your judgment and your ability to assess what other people are likely to do next, while romantic thoughts just befuddle you.
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TIME Magazine presents their picks for the 50 Best Inventions of 2008. The home DNA test comes out on top.
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Riff Offs: 10 Songs That Resemble Other Songs. It has to be near impossible to write a song that’s completely different from any other song before it.
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History of Science presents From Cave Paintings to the Internet. Explore the history of information technology by year or by category. (via Metafilter)
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Ghosts in the Library! The American Library Association has collected stories of more haunted libraries than you can shake a book at.
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Caramel & Candy Apples. Sweet treats that taste like autumn.