I always thought you could only trade between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., but the practice of buying and selling stocks after official trading hours is a relatively recent phenomenon.  According to...

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Discounting Otis, the beloved town drunk from "The Andy Griffith Show," and Robert Downey, Jr. , we'll go with Henry Earl.  According to Wikipedia, Earl has been arrested, as of January 2007, 937...

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You blow your nose, out comes snot. Five seconds later, you're stuffed-up again. Where is all this mucus coming from? When it comes to science questions, we like to consult kid-friendly sites. (As...

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Your skin is comprised of two layers -- the epidermis and the dermis. The epidermis produces an oily protein called sebum, which is effective in repelling water. It's also the material that causes...

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Some fish drink the water they swim in, while others absorb it through osmosis. It just depends on whether the fish lives in freshwater or saltwater. The MadSci Network explains that fish need to...

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Sudoku is a numbers-based game. The rules are simple -- players attempt to fill in a nine-by-nine grid before going completely insane. Not surprisingly, these brainteasers owe their existence to a...

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Searching Yahoo! using the keyword "Velcro," we found the Velcro Industries' home page. There we anxiously devoured The Story of Hook and Loop, which discusses the invention of the sticky...

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It's the darnedest thing. We were all doing just fine before cell phones came along. But now that they're here, nobody can live without them. So who do we have to thank/blame for the indispensable...

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The American icon Uncle Sam was in fact based on a real man, albeit a rather short, pudgy, beardless one. A businessman from Troy, New York, Samuel Wilson provided the army with beef in barrels...

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While most folks consider DJ Kool Herc to be the "father of hip-hop," other sites credit Afrika Bambaataa as the first rapper. OldSchoolHipHop features an interesting biography of DJ Kool Herc. Born...

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Maybe Americans are more in tune with the cosmos. Perhaps aliens want to chat about "American Idol" with real Americans. Whatever the reason, this is a hard question to crack because (attention,...

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Most folks believe mucus causes a stuffy schnozz. But according to Medline Plus, inflamed blood vessels are the real culprit. They cause swelling in the membranes lining our noses. Interestingly,...

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Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, is generally considered to be the oldest university in the world. It was founded roughly the same time as the city of Cairo, in 969 AD. The first lecture was...

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The official Play-Doh web page wasn't very helpful, so we poked around the "Corporate Info" section of Hasbro's web site. Eventually, we found a page on the history of Play-Doh. Unfortunately, the...

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The Christian Science Monitor likens an icebreaker ship to a blocker on a football team -- the icebreaker plows through the defense to get the ship where it needs to go. But these ships don't use...

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Contrary to the sworn testimony of tobacco executives in 1994, nicotine is highly addictive. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, withdraw symptoms include "irritability, craving,...

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There are a few theories, though -- like this one from the MadSci Network . The post argues that girls often have neater handwriting because they "tend to be more calm and patient at younger ages."...

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While researching this question, we happened upon a word that made us feel old: vintage. It's hard to believe that our trusty math buddy is now considered vintage machinery. According to Vintage...

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Negotiating the value of your dead body would be a strange process. Would you get more money if you have an interesting mole or unique eye color? Would you get less if you have some plastic or metal...

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We find nail polish to be a good enough reason for having them but thought you might be looking for a more scientific answer. We set out to find one by consulting the always reliable...

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