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Show Off Your Culinary Skills With This Smoked Salmon Mille-Feuille Recipe
Most people appreciate a sweet treat during summer, but light, savory meals can also be pleasant amid the sweltering weather. This delicious smoked salmon mille-feuille recipe from the Institute of Culinary Education will help settle those cravings. Mille-feuille (pronounced meel-foy) is a classic French dish made of puff pastry layered...
How ‘Black Beauty’ Changed the World For Horses
Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty (1877)—or, to give it its full title, Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse—is a classic piece of children’s literature. But although the writing style is certainly accessible for kids, Sewell actually wrote the novel with an adult audience in mind, hoping to influence people’s perceptions about animal welfare (or, rather, lack thereof).
Why Your Car Dashboard Says It’s a Lot Hotter Than It Really Is
When you first turn on your car in the middle of a sunny summer day, chances are your dashboard says it’s quite hot out—and even a lot hotter than it feels. There’s a reason why car thermometers don’t always seem accurate, as atmospheric scientist Greg Porter wrote for The Washington Post.
5 of the World’s Most Interesting Directional Systems
Not everyone gives directions the way you do—in fact, the way people tell others how to get where they want to go can vary by city, town, and culture. Some of these directional systems might just change how you navigate the world.
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