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How to Pick the Right-Sized Turkey for Your Thanksgiving Dinner

“What size turkey do I need?” is not an impossible question to answer as long as you have a headcount.

Bookversal Website Helps You Find More Diverse Children’s Books

The best children’s books are whichever ones your kid loves and relates to—Bookversal can help you find them.

How to Keep the Vegetables in Your Fridge Fresh for Longer with Paper Towels

If you have a paper towel roll in your kitchen, you can use this trick to keep the fruits and vegetables in your fridge fresh for longer.

Your Hard Brown Sugar Is Still Edible—Here's How to Soften It

With this simple trick, you can revive hard brown sugar and bring it back to its soft, malleable texture in seconds.

The World's 12 Most Popular Dream Retirement Locations

When they are bored at work, people around the world fantasize about retiring to these 12 countries.

Trader Joe's has mastered the art of grocery bagging.

A Trader Joe's Employee Explains How to Bag Groceries

Trader Joe's is famous for delicious food, cheap booze, and an inviting atmosphere. They also know how to pack your groceries so you're not shouting profanities the entire drive home.

Here’s Why Experts Think a Global Car Shortage Is Coming

It's already tough to find a new car thanks to chip shortages. Now another manufacturing problem is looming, and it doesn't bode well for shoppers.

Those seeking both COVID-19 and flu shots this year can probably get them all at once.

Can I Get My Flu Shot and COVID Vaccine at the Same Time?

Winter is coming, and with it brings increased opportunity for respiratory viruses to spread. Here's what to know about getting COVID and flu shots in the same visit.

Make sure your trick-or-treaters come home happy this year.

Plan Your Perfect Trick-or-Treating Route With Nextdoor’s Halloween Treat Map

This Halloween, trick-or-treat without the fear of coming home with hardly any candy to show for it.

Retailers can do a lot of things with your ZIP code.

Why Some Stores Ask for Your ZIP Code—and Why You Shouldn't Share It

You can't buy a pair of pants without a clerk asking for your ZIP. It turns out stores can do a lot with those five digits, and most of it isn't good.

Not using going forward could actually help you go forward.

Going Forward, You Might Want to Stop Saying Going Forward In Your Emails

It’s not explicitly considered bad email etiquette to write ‘going forward,’ but it could come off as passive aggressive.

People may soon be hoarding toilet paper like it's 2020.

Wiped Out: Experts Say Another Toilet Paper Shortage Is Looming

Toilet paper is one of the few indispensable household products around. If retail experts are correct, it looks like a huge crack in the supply chain is looming once again.

Looking for Some Extra Cash? Here Are 16 Places You’re Likely to Find Loose Change

If you want to earn extra cash quickly without leaving home, try searching your belongings for loose change.

Chill Out: The Best Way to Clean Winter Coats

Winter is coming, and that means staying bundled up. Here's how to make sure your winter coat is nice and clean for the season ahead.

Wondering How Safe an Activity Is? This COVID-19 Risk Calculator Will Tell You

Choosing “COVID-safe” activities is much easier said than done. This COVID-19 risk calculator can help.

Your car's color can be a factor when it comes time to resell it.

How Your Car's Color Can Affect Its Resale Value

Your amazing gold Honda may not fetch such an amazing used-car price when you decide to unload it. Here's why.

A Simple Trick for Deleting Hundreds of Emails From Your Gmail Inbox at Once

If your Gmail inbox is getting out of control, there's an easy way to delete years' worth of emails at once.

If you own a pet, a carpet like this won't look good for long.

How to Fix a Carpet Your Maniac Cat or Dog Has Destroyed

Pet owners know the perils of having carpeting in their home. When it comes to tears and rips, check out this method and you won't have to replace the entire carpet.

The 10 Best (and 10 Worst) Cities to Get a Good Night’s Sleep

If you'd like to balance the excitement of metropolitan life with a healthy sleep schedule, these are the cities you should (and shouldn't) consider.

Google doesn't care if you're pitch-perfect.

Hoping to Identify a Song Just by Humming? Google’s Hum-to-Search Feature Can Help

To search a song by humming, you don’t need perfect pitch—but you do need the Google app or Google Assistant.

Looking to Buy a Used Car? These Are the 20 States Where You’ll Pay the Most Money

Why are used cars so expensive right now? A classic case of low supply, high demand—and it’s affecting the Mountain States the worst.

Trying to Google a Word You Can't Remember? There's a Trick for That

It is possible to Google search a phrase, song lyric, or movie title if you don't remember an important keyword.

Two prized employees collaborating on an important project from home.

Working From Bed Is More Common Than You Think, Says New Survey

When the pandemic forced people to work from home, they created workspaces wherever they could. For some, the best place was in their bed.

The 20 States With the Best Public School Systems in America

The states with the best public schools are almost all in the Northeast, with special guest appearances by Nebraska and Wisconsin.

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