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Low Blow: How Can Martial Artists Get Hit in the Crotch Without Getting Hurt?

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Low Blow: How Can Martial Artists Get Hit in the Crotch Without Getting Hurt?

What Benefits Do Presidents Get After They Leave Office?

Barack Obama walks on the colonnade after leaving the Oval Office for the last time as President on January 20, 2017.

What Benefits Do Presidents Get After They Leave Office?

What Was the Original Reason for the 25th Amendment?

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What Was the Original Reason for the 25th Amendment?

Why Does Seeing Food Make Your Mouth Water?

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Why Does Seeing Food Make Your Mouth Water?

Why Are Marines Called 'Jarheads'?

Why are Marines known as jarheads? The answer may have something to do with mules.

Why Do Cats Head Bump Humans?

A cat that nuzzles your head is essentially saying you're part of the team. A subordinate, but still part of the team.

Why Does the New Year Start on January 1?

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Why Are Dogs So Afraid of Vacuums?

She knows it's coming.

What's the Origin of 'Let the Cat Out of the Bag'?

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Why Do We Make New Year's Resolutions?

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Does Putting Sugar in a Car's Gas Tank Really Kill the Engine?

Putting sugar in a gas tank is not a very mature thing to do. It's also not very harmful.

6 Surprising Facts About Boxing Day

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What Does a Screensaver Actually Do?

Remember this?

What’s the Difference Between a Fact and a Factoid?

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The Unappetizing Origins of 'The Proof Is in the Pudding'

It's not this kind of pudding.

Do Dogs Get Jealous of Each Other?

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