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Next time you’re feeling stressed, act like a ninja and perform these nine simple hand signals.
Use this handy trick when you don’t want your panties saying “Peek-a-boo!” under your white bottoms.
While it doesn’t answer the age-old question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, this high school class experiment is a pretty amazing one nonetheless.
Our reporter goes undercover to see what happens when you voluntarily give your information and credit card info to Facebook spammers.
We dropped 1 million yen (approximately US$8,300) on 5,000 Japan National Lottery scratch-off tickets to see if buying in bulk translates to bigger wins.
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