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How to Deal With a Cat Scratch
Cats can be playful, quirky, or occasionally aggressive. If you spend time around cats, it’s quite possible that you will suffer from a cat scratch at some point. Cats have sharp claws that they use to defend themselves, and sometimes they can deliver a p...
How to Delete Locked Files on a Mac
Do you have a file on your Mac that you are unable to delete? It's possible the file may be locked. You can easily unlock a file using the Finder, and some applications allow you to lock and unlock a file from within the app the file is associated with....
How to Derive the Quadratic Formula
One of the most important skills an algebra student learns is the quadratic formula, or x = − b ±...
How to Make Fresh Cranberry Juice
Making your own cranberry juice is fun and saves you money, since homemade juice is typically cheaper than store-bought juice. All you need is some cranberries, water, and your favorite sweetener. You might like cranberry juice for its tart taste, but it...
How to Do Some Break Dance Moves
Breakdancing is a challenging, athletic type of dance. Many of the moves experienced performers do require significant balance and muscle strength. Still, these performers started with basic moves that you can also learn without having much experience. Ev...
How to Make Smoke Come Out of Your Fingers
Smoking fingers is a mind-boggling trick that will make your audience scratch their head in curiosity. This easy trick only requires a lighter, matchbox, and a pair of gloves. Simply burn the striking strip of a matchbox, place the residue on your fingert...
How to Avoid Sharks
Believe it or not, sharks are some of nature’s most misunderstood creatures. Though sharks are such efficient, deadly predators that they have remained nearly unchanged for hundreds of millions of years, shark attacks on humans kill only a few people a ye...
3 Ways to Fix Your Dried Out Markers
Have you ever needed to write or draw something, but the marker you’re using looks faded and dried out? Rather than throwing the markers away when they stop working, there are a lot of things you can do to get a little more life out of them. Keep reading...
How to Make a Party Hat
Everyone likes to wear a fun party hat at a birthday party, but buying party hats can be expensive and boring. This year, why not make your own? With some paper, glue, glitter, and a few other materials, you can customize your very own party hat. Homemade...
How to Dance the Cha Cha Slide
The Cha-Cha Slide is a fun party dance, and you do it along to a song called The Cha-Cha Slide. You have to follow the moves as the song instructs. You’ll need to hop, clap, stomp, do the cha-cha step, and run in place when you’re told to. You may also ad...
How to Build a Torsion Box Workbench Top
This is an article to help the guy who is not ready to buy that $3,000 workbench. It is aimed at building a workbench that is useful, durable and good looking, all with inexpensive material - which makes it within the reach of almost everyone.
How to Strengthen Your Core
Core muscles include all of the muscles of your midsection, including your front and side abdominal muscles, back muscles, and hip muscles. Strengthening your core is one of the best ways to get fit. It can also help you improve your ability to hike and b...
How to Open an Xbox 360
This wikiHow teaches you how to disassemble the case of an Xbox 360 classic model. The disassembly process for an Xbox 360 classic model is different than the disassembly process for an Xbox 360 Slim or an Xbox 360 E. Keep in mind that disassembling your...
How to Make a Bottle Rocket at Home
You’re never too young to be an astronaut! You might not be making a trip to the moon for a few more years, but you can launch your very own rocket right in your backyard. We’ll show you how to build and launch a simple bottle rocket out of supplies you h...
How to Get an "A" in Geometry
Geometry is the study of shapes and angles and can be challenging for many students. Many of the concepts are totally new and this can lead to anxiety about the subject. There are a lot of postulates/theorems, definitions, and symbols to learn before geom...
How to Flirt With a Guy You Don't Know
Have you ever seen a guy at the beach or the mall that is so cute? We all have! Here are a few steps to get a complete stranger to notice you!