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In the age of printers, e -books, the Amazon marketplace, and expiring copyrights, it's really easy to sell a book that one didn't write, and there i...  ...iously bad covers for books you know and love, or else were forced to read in high s...

Since 1977, kids have gathered at Chuck E . Cheese Pizza Time Theatres to eat technically edible pizza and play arcade games. Part of the backgrou...  ...hinking that it was a coyote costume. He then had engineers develop animatronics to mak...

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How wonderful would it be to get your order of fre...  ...r yet, the ketchup is on the inside of the fries, eliminating any danger of dripping ketchup on your clothing?...  ...ketchup on your clothing? It would certainly make eating them while driving easier . It doesn't *st...

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The International Space Station was launched 25 ye...  ...sted nearly 300 astronauts from around the world. Each of those astronauts carries their own natural bio...  ...wn natural biome into space. There have been many experiments on the effects of space on bacteria, which s...

Normally competitive jujitsu takes place in a gym...  ...rly open space. But car jitsu contests take place entirely within the confines of a car. One competitor must...  ...d-level championship program in addition to local events .This is a great idea for practical training in th...  ...s self-defense techniques...

For centuries, scientists have tried to classify h...  ...meters, and human beings constantly confound such efforts . When I was young, children were given aptitude t...  ..., and such tests often doomed young people to low expectations they could easily *strong class="matc...