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20 Things You Didn't Know About ... Recycling

You lovingly remove all labels before compulsively sorting your high-density polyethylene from your polyethylene terephthalate. But, even recycling gurus will learn something new from these factoids.
Read and reuse these green fun facts!

Business Buzzwords

Add value to your al desko lunch break by boning up on these buzzwords.

You deserve a defrag session!

Top 10 Animal Horrors

Slink, crawl or scurry -- which critter would you rather not cross in the dark?

Peruse the who's who of creepy creatures!

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College

•	8 roommate survival tips

•	16 internship advice quotes from illustrious former interns

•	Top 5 SAT essay tips

•	Top 10 odd college courses

•	Top 10 SAT test-day tips

Brain Candy

•	10 famous Mensa members

•	10 memory tricks for students

•	10 odd auto names

•	10 tastes of summer

•	10 more words you simply must know

•	10 words you simply must know

•	Top 10 business buzzwords

•	20 things you didn't know about … pencils

•	20 things you didn't know about … recycling

Art, Film, Language, and Literature

•	5 embarrassing grammatical errors

•	9 famous Harrys (besides Potter)

•	10 brain-building books

•	10 20th-century photographers you should know

•	10 books you should (re)discover

•	10 classic holiday books for children

•	10 films that should have won the Oscar, but didn't

•	10 great books about American war heroes

•	10 great novels by African Americans

•	13 favorite holiday movies

•	14 great African American artists

History

•	6 facts you need to know about Saint Patrick's Day

•	6 famous lovers and couples

•	7 great environmentalists

•	7 road trips through history

•	8 quotes about moms

•	10 American women who changed the world

•	10 African American inventors

•	10 greatest inventions

•	10 most powerful American women

•	10 quotes about taxes

•	10 surprising facts about the Fourth of July

•	10 witty wisdom quotes

•	11 American heroes

•	13 losing presidential candidates

•	14 black military heroes

•	15 African American firsts

•	15 famous quotes about war

•	15 proud papas

•	20 disenchanting quotes about love

•	20 things you didn't know about U.S. presidents

•	20 quotable sweet nothings

•	23 lovely quotes about love

•	25 firsts in the achievement of American women

•	43 highlights of African American history

Science and Nature

•	8 animals on the move

•	10 celebrity scientists

•	10 creatures you didn't know were poisonous

•	10 great scientific discoveries

•	10 incredible oceanic extremes

•	10 stellar facts for astronomy buffs

•	10 surprising dinosaur facts

•	10 things our pets would tell us if they could

•	10 things you should know before you go into space

•	11 moon facts: Bringing the Moon down to Earth

•	11 creatures of the night

•	13 things: Faster than a speeding bullet?

•	16 dog facts

•	20 ways sharks help humans

•	Top 10 animal cheats

•	Top 10 animal dads

•	Top 10 animal fashion disasters

•	Top 10 animal hissy fits

•	Top 10 animal horrors

•	Top 10 animal loudmouths

•	Top 10 animal moms

•	Top 10 animal troublemakers

•	Top 10 useless body parts

Sports and Games

•	7 summer sports--from mild to wild

•	10 reasons baseball is a weird sport

•	10 NBA greats

•	10 Winter Olympics showdowns

•	12 tennis legends

Travel and Adventure

•	5 true stories of survival

•	7 best royal palaces to visit

•	9 creepiest places on Earth

•	9 great road trip reads

•	10 great travel adventure and discovery books

•	10 national parks off the beaten path

•	15 most popular national parks

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