From the people who cook for the people who eat, (and try to cook for themselves,) here are some of the weirdest tips for grocery shopping. A List This is the number one must have of a professional chef for a part-time home cook for going to the grocery store, make a list. It’s just …
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Most recreational drugs are illegal, but that hasn’t stopped criminal organizations trading in them. To get the narcotics to their target markets, they often have to smuggle them across national borders. Of course, the border guards are constantly on alert to stop any obvious drug smuggling attempts. That’s why the drug gangs have had to …
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The Earth getting gradually warmer has many strange — and often harmful — effect on plants and wildlife. But here’s one phenomenon that nobody saw coming. It seems last summer’s heatwave in British Columbia, Canada, got the local bees a bit too hot and bothered. In the summer heat, death literally came for male honeybees. …
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Eating leftovers is a great way to save money and cut back on food waste. Some foods, like many curries, actually taste even better after maturing for a bit. But it’s vitally important to store and refrigerate your leftover food properly. Otherwise you might get seriously sick — or lose several limbs. Contaminated leftovers led …
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It is now more evident that the world will have to live with the coronavirus pandemic for the foreseeable future and Chicago, IL is no exception. With this reality settling in, we all have a role to play in helping control the pandemic and mitigate it’s effect on our communities. From maintaining physical distance to …
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Long-forgotten buried treasures are go-to material in fantasy and adventure movies. Occasionally real-life archeologists get to have their Indiana Jones moment as well, too. While most of the time they find relatively worthless everyday items, every now and then researchers strike literal gold. And when they do, what they find might just be worth millions. …
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Playing a musical instrument is a great skill to have. It improves your memory, enhances your coordination, and can even sharpen your concentration. Not to mention, it’s very rewarding to master a new skill that you can share with your friends and family. But you’ve been making music for a while and now you’re ready …
To many parents, hearing that their child suffers from a rare, incurable syndrome is the worst nightmare imaginable. But for Katelyn Samples from Georgia, it wasn’t all that bad. The worst part of it is that telling her child to comb his hair will be completely pointless in the future. After all, the toddle’s wild …
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Everybody likes big, flashy explosions — at least in the latest Hollywood action blockbuster. But when things start exploding in real life, it’s suddenly a lot less fun. The thing is, you’re never very far away from a potential explosion. We’re surrounded by things that could blow up in our faces without warning, from phones …
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It’s difficult enough to buy a car at the moment, what with the computer chip shortage and ridiculous demand ravaging auto makers. And it probably doesn’t help that 4,000 brand-new cars are currently on fire in the middle of the Atlantic. Not only that, the ship they’re on is abandoned. There’s nobody to put out …
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