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New York, New Yoooork! While the city that never sleeps has always been a hotbed for dreamers and go-getters, its tourism numbers are at an all-time high. While 33 million or so annual tourists was the norm for NYC just 20 years ago, in 2017 it hit a record of 62.8 million visitors. Its resident…

Come Autumn time, dry ice is a favorite special effect for Halloween parties and moody basement shows. But is it safe? Dry ice isn’t the ice made out of frozen water that you pull out of your freezer and plop into cool drinks. It’s actually carbon dioxide (CO2), cooled and solidified at about -79 degrees…

Kraft, the company known for Lunchables, mac and cheese, and Jell-O foods, has begun the legal process of taking D6 Inc to court over a patent infringement. D6 is a packaging company that has run into trouble with Kraft in the past. Reportedly, D6 used two of Kraft’s design patents without permission of the patent…

Bad news, beer lovers. Germany is having a shortage of beer bottles. It might not sound like a problem, but this summer they’ve been selling so much beer that people aren’t able to return their empty bottles quickly enough. The bar industry in the United States sold some 196.9 million kegs of beer last year,…

If you reflect back to your elementary school days, you’ll remember some pretty standard things that were defining features of primary education. Evacuation drills scheduled randomly, cliques, crowded halls, cafeterias, you know what we’re talking about. As far as school day mischief is concerned, the cafeteria is where a lot of it is centralized. Usually,…

Technology has evolved immensely over the past few years. Smartphones and tablets have become a staple in today’s society and people are transitioning towards mobile everything. This is especially true seeing as how about half of people who have mobile phones in the U.S. have a smartphone. One mobile technology in particular that has made…

It turns out that you aren’t crazy: women’s pockets really are smaller than men’s. And women are not happy about it. Forbes estimates that, while the average woman owned only nine outfits in 1930, today she owns one for each day of the month. However, you’d be hard-pressed to find a 30-outfit collection that features…

Drones have become a staple in today’s society. With more than 770,000 drones already being registered with the FAA, it’s no surprise that there are a growing number of uses for drone technology. From agriculture to real estate, companies and organizations have found new and improved ways to use drones. And the latest use for…

It’s no secret by now that kids need physical activity to grow up physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy. But are gym classes and park visits enough, or do kids need organized sports activities through their school and community? In the past couple decades, the face of children’s organized athletics has changed rapidly, leading some to…

When people have kids, they need to spend a good amount of time and money baby-proofing their homes. Why should it be any different if your children are covered in fur and run around on four legs? It’s simply the other way around — you need to protect your house from your fur babies. If…