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How to Chill
For many, stress is unfortunately a major part of life. Not only is being stressed-out an unpleasant way to spend your time, but it's also very unhealthy in the long run: stress can be a contributing factor in health problems like asthma, heart disease, a...
How to Pet Proof Household Cables
Of all the aspects of pet safety, there’s one risk that pet owners often overlook: the dangers that household cables can present to animals. Chewing cables can send an electric shock through your pet, which can cause burns, shutdown of vital organs, and e...
How to Thin Out Correction Fluid That Has Thickened Up
Correction fluid is used to cover up mistakes made when writing or typing. It's called many different things in different parts of the world, such as “Wite-Out,” “Liquid Paper,” or “Tipp-Ex.” If your correction fluid thickens up too much it may become dif...
How to Do a Pullover on Bars
Doing a pullover on bars is one of the most important beginner skills in gymnastics. As you first begin training, the pullover move is how you will mount the bar to prepare for other moves. In advanced gymnastics, more difficult mounts are used. Start by...
How to Survive a Public Shooting
Although the odds of being involved in a mass shooting are relatively low, public shootings have increased drastically over the last few years.[1] X Research source In a moment of crisis, it can be easy to feel frightened, overwhelmed, and c...
An Expert Guide to Staying Friends with a Girl After Rejection
While rejection may feel painful at first, it happens to everybody. Plus, just because a girl doesn't want a relationship doesn't mean you can't still be friends. In this article, we’ll offer you expert advice on overcoming those initial feelings of disap...
How to Come Up with Good Conversation Topics
Even if you're good with people, there are likely times when you're stuck for something more to say and start wondering what topic to bring up next. To come up with good conversation topics, you should prepare a mental list of ideas beforehand so that you...
How to "Pass" As a Woman
What does it mean to be a woman? Our appearance isn’t determined by our chromosomes. Some men have typically feminine traits, and some women have masculine features, too. Our gender is made up of a variety of beliefs, characteristics, and behaviors.[1] X...
How to Do Emo Makeup
Emo make-up features dark eyes with cat-eye shaped eyeliner, using a smoky eye technique. Typically, lips and cheeks are kept simple with natural toned makeup. This is the difference between goth and emo; goth is a more extreme look with dark lips and eye...
How to Quit Cheating and Rebuild Your Relationship After Infidelity
If you want to know how to stop cheating, you're already on the road to recovery. Not only does infidelity negatively impact your partner, but it can also leave you with unresolved guilt. Here, we'll share expert-backed tips about how to resist temptation...
How to Do the Lotus Position
Named for the lotus flower, the Padmasana position is a power yoga exercise designed to open the hips and create flexibility in the ankles and knees. Spiritually, the lotus position is calm, quiet, and fosters contemplation. As a physical exercise, it sti...
How to Recover from a Strained or Pulled Muscle
Muscle strains, also called pulls, occur when the small fibers within a muscle are stretched beyond their limits, which results in a partial or complete tear (rupture). All muscle pulls are categorized as either Grade I (tearing of a few fibers), Grade II...
Melt and Pour Soup: A DIY Guide
Melt and pour soap is the easiest method of making homemade soap. Because the soap base has already been made and prepared for you, you do not have to worry about working with lye, like you would with cold or hot process soap. It is fast and easy to prepa...
How to Easily Harvest and Prepare DIY Aloe Vera Gel at Home
Aloe vera is one of nature’s little miracles. The gel hiding within the leaves of the aloe plant can be used for anything from healing sunburns to cleaning your teeth, and the best part is that it’s incredibly simple to extract. We’ve put together an easy...
How to Throw a Gyroball
In 2001, Japanese pitching coach, Kazushi Tezuka and a Japanese computer scientist, Ryutaro Himeno published a book called The Secret of the Demon Miracle Pitch. It showcased a new type of baseball pitch called the gyroball. The gyroball is a pitch that w...
How to Desolder
To salvage or replace electronic components, you need to desolder the connections where they are attached to the circuit board. A desoldering pump and a desoldering braid should be fine for most DIY projects, and easily within a hobbyist's budget. Several...