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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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Come tax time, millions of Americans struggle with organizing their receipts, checking deductions ... and figuring out how many of their whaling weapons count as a "charitable contribution."

Austin Thompson


Kisses and graffiti left at Oscar Wilde's tomb in Paris

Whether it's leaving playing cards or bullets, or drinking a cognac toast, there are a variety of traditional ways to pay tribute at famous tombs.

Bess Lovejoy
















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On January 15, 1919, Boston suffered one of history’s strangest disasters when the “Great Molasses Flood” tore through the city's North End and deposited so much gooey residue that locals claimed they could still smell the molasses on warm days decades la

Ethan Trex