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Here’s the good news: piranhas very rarely attack humans unless said humans are already injured or ...

When you see a door knob in its packaging at a hardware store, it can look like a confusing contraption. ...

In 2010, a tragic human stampede occurred during a festival in Phnom Penh. When thousands attempted to ...

Podcasts seem to be everywhere these days, but I still run into people who are interested in listening to ...

Studies show that people remember the beginning of something, and the end of it, the best. The middle of ...

Igniting a fire requires more than a spark. Sweating through a bow drill session to create an ember or ...

So you know how to pick a lock with a tension wrench and rake. This is an incredibly useful skill, which ...

When you study for a test or you’re trying to learn a new skill, what’s your typical approach? ...

It is almost guaranteed that every boy, at some point, wanted to be a cowboy. The thought of hopping on ...

As we’ve established over the years, there are a number of relatively easy automotive maintenance tasks ...

First used as a necessary technique for pre-WWII clunky gear mechanisms, heel-toe shifting is largely ...

Locking your keys in your car is one of those bone-headed moves we're all bound to make at some point. No ...

In most urban situations, the cell phone is the ultimate survival tool. With it, you can call for help, ...

As Henry Ford famously said, â€œChop your own wood and it will warm you twice.” With all due ...

Editor’s note: The following excerpt was included in FM 21-13, an Army field manual published in ...

While almost any way you bust open a bubbly bottle of champagne is exciting, it's made even more so by ...

For each of the last four years, my wife and I (Jeremy) have hosted a Friendsgiving dinner the Sunday ...

As the holidays draw near and the coldest days of the year start trickling in, the idea of warming up by ...

While busy airports tend to get all the attention around the holiday travel season, the highways and ...

In January of 2015, two Canadian hikers set off on a hike in the Eastern High Peaks Wilderness of the ...