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How to Be Classically Beautiful
Audrey Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Angela Basset, Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman, Laverne Cox, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, all these women are classic beauties. They all understood that the key to classic beauty is to keep it simple.
How to Start Doing Stand up Comedy
If you’re constantly making your friends laugh with hilarious stories or one-liners, stand up comedy might be the job for you. Nobody starts out as a famous comedian, so you’ll have a bit of work to do before you make it big time. With a little bit of pat...
How to Protect Yourself from a Stray Dog
When encountering an unknown dog without an owner (a "stray"), many people's first instinct is fear. However, with a little knowledge, you can feel more secure and know what to do if this happens, to you.
How to Avoid Getting Shot by a Police Officer
There are some basic ways to avoid personal harm in situations with a police officer who has a gun drawn. Much of this advice involves common sense, but when there's a gun pointed at you, it's easy to panic and accidentally do something that could be misi...
How to Shoot the Moon in Hearts
The card game Hearts has an unusual scoring system: the winner is the player who accumulates the fewest number of points, by avoiding the Queen of Spades (13 points) and every Heart card (one point per card). However, if a player "shoots the moon" by taki...
How to Go Grocery Shopping
Grocery stores can be large and intimidating, especially if you’ve never been shopping for food before at a store like this. There are lots of people, plenty of aisles, tons of tasty treats to spend money on, and many different departments in a grocery st...
How to Turn On a Cellphone: A Beginner's Guide
This wikiHow teaches how to turn on your cell phone, as well as troubleshoot a cell phone that isn't turning on when you press the Power button.
How to Do a Card Trick
If you're just starting out learning how to perform card tricks, there are plenty of tricks which you can perform to amaze your friends which don't require a lot of sleight of hand. By using some simple math and a little memorization, you can easily find...
How to Make Felt
Felting is fun no matter what your age. Once you learn the process of felting, you can let your imagination be your guide and move on to other, more complex shapes. Felt sheets are the most basic, but felt balls can be just as fun to make.When you are don...
How to Make a Salad
The beautiful things about salads are that you can incorporate ingredients that match your personal taste and that there are thousands of different combinations you can try. Essentially, you need to choose a base like classic romaine lettuce or mixed gree...
How to Calculate the Day of the Week
You might have heard of some very gifted people who can calculate the day of the week for any date in their heads quickly and precisely. Here are several different ways to make this calculation.
How to Avoid Weight Gain While Working a Desk Job
Office workers, especially those with a desk job, spend most of the day sitting down working at a computer. It can be very easy to gain weight in an environment where you're expected to sit still for anywhere from eight to nine hours a day. There are som...
How to Shrink a Bag of Chips
If you remember the craft item Shrinky Dinks, you know that shrinking things is fun and allows a variety of artful endeavors with the end result. Surprisingly, chip and other snack bags can be shrunk in much the same way! With the proper safety measures a...
17 Ways to Reset Your Life and Reboot Your Future
If you feel like you're stuck in a rut or you're just not happy with the way things are going, you might want to shake things up. Hitting the reset button on your life might seem like a lot of work, but envisioning the life you want, setting goals, and ta...
How to Make Iced Green Tea
Green tea is both healthy and tasty. It is usually enjoyed hot, but it can be just as good if it is served iced. It will also be more refreshing, especially on a hot day. If you aren't fond of plain green tea, you can always add extra goodies, such as hon...
How to Handle Excruciating Pain
Handling severe pain can be distressing and difficult. Sometimes pain can happen suddenly and unexpectedly, and sometimes the pain comes from an existing condition or illness. Either way, there are ways to help you handle severe and excruciating pain. Sta...