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6 Simple Ways to Open a Stuck Jar Lid

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(via Mental Floss) After buying your groceries, tying on your apron, and prepping your ingredients, the last thing you want

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(via Smithsonian) In the late 1940s, paraplegics popularized the sport—and changed the game for the disability rights movement

(via mental_floss) The Founding Fathers built the groundwork for America, but they were much more than military strategists and document

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(via Mental Floss) Hospital technology has come a long way since the beginning of the 20th century. These former staples

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(via Smithsonian) Around since 1858, the home canning classic is a sought after item for pandemic gardeners this summer

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(via Grunge)While the Gregorian calendar has taken over the world for most people’s calendrical needs, keeping track of time didn’t

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(via Amusing Planet) Located in the city of Dunedin, in southern New Zealand, the Baldwin Street has earned the distinction

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(via Atlas Obscura) “Everybody knew: Don’t touch the titan.”

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(via Atlas Obscura) These little gems are not your typical images of space travel.

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(via My Modern Met) The iconic yellow smiley face—with its perfect circle, two oval eyes and a large, upturned semi-circular

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(via Listverse) Many writers and artists had cats and dogs, and sometimes used them as inspiration for their stories or

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(via Amusing Planet) The Middleton Railway in Leeds has been chugging along for the past 260 years, longer than any