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3/4/2023
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Why You See Ads for Things You Already Bought
Did You Know?: Chipotle peppers are not a unique pepper, but are simply smoked jalapeño peppers. The practice dates back to the Aztecs who would dry the jalapeños (that dried too slowly in the sun)
3/3/2023
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We Let ChatGPT Create AI Art, Here's What It Made
Did You Know?: In 1990, Willie Nelson had nearly everything he owned confiscated and sold by the IRS to pay a mountain of back taxes and fines due to fund mismanagement by his accounting firm. One of
3/2/2023
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8 Reasons You Should Replace Your ISP's Wi-Fi Router
Did You Know?: Surveys of Olympic medal winners find that Gold medalists are the happiest, followed by Bronze medalists, with Silver medalists being the least happy of the three. The theory is that
3/1/2023
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Kick off March With Savings on Apple Watch, Samsung SSDs, and More
Logo for How-To Geek Deals March 1, 2023 Kick off March With Savings on Apple Watch, Samsung SSDs, and More Welcome to the first week of March! It's hard to believe that spring is just 20 days away
3/1/2023
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10 Ways to Improve Your Wi-Fi Without Buying Anything
Did You Know?: Disney is known for their excellent park management and smooth visitor experiences, but those are skills the company learned the hard way. Opening day of Disneyland in 1955 was a
2/28/2023
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How to Buy a Gaming Monitor
Did You Know?: In geometry, a great circle, also called an orthodrome, is the intersection of the sphere and a plane that passes through the center point of the sphere—the equator is, perhaps, the most
2/27/2023
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You Probably Don't Need Gigabit Internet, So Skip It and Save
Did You Know?: The dark colors used for Victorian era clothing wasn't just a style choice, but a practical decision—dark colors did a much better job of hiding the soot and dirt spewed out by
2/26/2023
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20 Classic Smartphone Apps: Where Are They Now?
Did You Know?: The name of the alcohol “gin”, a juniper berry-flavored spirit, is a shortened form of the older English word “genever”, which is related to the French word “genièvre” and the Dutch word
2/25/2023
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I Installed Google Chrome 1.0, Here's How It Went
Did You Know?: Despite the reputation of trees as the most important source of oxygen on Earth, the bulk of atmospheric oxygen (50-85 percent) is produced by marine plants. Read in Browser Logo for How
2/24/2023
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How to Check Your SSD's Health With S.M.A.R.T.
Did You Know?: Heterochromia iridum is a condition where the coloration of the eyes is different. The variation can be as subtle as one eye being light brown while the other one is dark brown, but is
2/23/2023
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It's Time to Clean Out Your Downloads Folder
Did You Know?: The song “Eye of the Tiger” came about because Sylvester Stallone couldn't get the publishing rights to Queen's “Another One Bites the Dust”, so he contacted Jim Peterik of the
2/22/2023
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Apple's 11-Inch iPad Pro Drops Back to Its Lowest Price Ever, Plus More Deals
Logo for How-To Geek Deals February 22, 2023 Apple's 11-Inch iPad Pro Drops Back to Its Lowest Price Ever, Plus More Deals It's the final week of February 2023 (already), and we've got the
2/22/2023
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Using Your Real Email to Sign In? Your Privacy Is at Risk
Did You Know?: Although grown for ornamental purposes in the United States, all species of hostas are edible and are commonly grown as vegetables in some Asian cultures. Read in Browser Logo for How-To
2/21/2023
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You Can Install and Use Windows 11 Without a Product Key
Did You Know?: The smallest saxophone, at a scant 12 inches (30 centimeters) long without the mouthpiece, is the sopranissimo. It's a particularly difficult instrument to play due to the extremely
2/20/2023
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10 Windows 11 Start Menu Features You Should Be Using
Did You Know?: Those ominous “Warranty Void If Removed” stickers you find on electronics are meaningless thanks to the 1975 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, which protects US consumers from corporations
2/19/2023
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Blue Light Is Not as Bad as You Think
Did You Know?: According to the National Confectioners Association, an estimated 35 million pounds (over 15000 metric tons) of candy corn are sold each year. Read in Browser Logo for How-To Geek
2/18/2023
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4 Reasons Your LED Bulbs Burn Out Prematurely
Did You Know?: Engineers at the University of Purdue solved the age old candy mystery of “How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?” The answer is an average of 252 licks (via
2/17/2023
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How to Find the Fastest ISP (Plus: The Galaxy S23 Is Here!)
Did You Know?: Famed surrealist painter Salvador Dali would pay for his restaurant bills with a check embellished with a drawing; he did so under the (almost always correct) assumption that the
2/17/2023
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15 Useful iPhone Features You Probably Aren't Using
Did You Know?: The aptly named bloodwood tree “bleeds” a dark red sap when the bark is cut and it pools and coagulates over bark damage much like human blood seals over wounds. Read in Browser Logo for
2/17/2023
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Save Hundreds in Huge SSD Sale, Plus More Gaming Gear Deals
Logo for How-To Geek Deals February 15, 2023 Save Hundreds in Huge SSD Sale, Plus More Gaming Gear Deals This week's deals are all about gamers! From monitors, to controllers, to high-powered