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You don't have to feel guilty every time you use your Keurig machine. After enjoying your coffee, try recycling your K-Cup pods into something new.

Michele Debczak








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Today is National High Five Day, a 24-hour period for giving familiars and strangers alike as many high fives as humanly possible. Here's a look at the evolution of the celebratory hand gesture.

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For almost two centuries, the reigning monarchs of the United Kingdom have used Buckingham Palace as their administrative headquarters. The building has survived everything from World War II bomb strikes to a crafty undergarment thief.

Mark Mancini








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According to the EPA, Americans generate 262 million tons of waste each year. Here are a few things you may have been throwing out that, with a little effort, you can actually recycle

Lucas Reilly




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In the early 2000s, a producer named David Eick and a writer named Ronald D. Moore began working together on a reboot of a 1978 sci-fi TV series much of the world didn’t even seem to remember anymore. Their goal? "Nothing less than the reinvention of the

Matthew Jackson