There’s no denying your vehicle needs special love and attention in the wintertime. But hey! Summer is no season to just relax and take it easy when it comes to keeping your car in the best shape either! 

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Imagine this: one morning you wake up a multi-millionaire. What would you do? Buy a yacht or a garage full of sports cars; maybe a diamond tiara and a cruise around the world? 

All this would sound tempting to just about anyone, but not Hetty Green, who was the richest woman in America and wore one black dress for years. Why did she become so thrifty? And why did people call her "The Witch of Wall Street"? Here's her story full of eccentricities. 

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We, humans, like to think that we know about and can control everything that happens on our planet. But it is far from the truth. Because right now, somewhere above our heads, in addition to Climate Change, the Earth's magnetic field keeps weakening at an alarming speed. And the region that concerns scientists more than any other is called the South Atlantic Anomaly. The magnetic field in this area is so weak that it's dangerous for satellites to enter it.

This process started more than 1,000 years ago. The situation is so serious that scientists don't deny that one day, the Earth's magnetic poles might simply flip, with North becoming South and vice versa. Although it may sound scary and confusing, this phenomenon has been happening throughout the history of our planet. The last time it occurred was approximately 780,000 years ago. 

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If you have ever struggled with parking or are not sure that everything in your car is set up correctly, this video is exactly what you need. You will be amazed at how easy it is if you know what to aim. These simple step-by-step instructions can be equally useful for experienced and new drivers and we wish we knew them when we were taking our driving test.

We're gonna start with the easy stuff. The things you probably take for granted or just fallen into the habit of forgetting to do if you’ve been driving for a while.

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Do you have a pet? Because that's exactly what we're gonna talk about. So, Dennis was an 11-year-old kid and pretty typical for his age. Liked to get a bit too carried away, didn’t quite understand the consequences of his actions. One day he got a puppy. And this is where it started.

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Pilot Francisco Sarabia was flying over a patch of desert land in Mexico when his instruments started to act increasingly odd. His radio equipment was failing too. The man had to make an emergency landing in the middle of nowhere. Little did he know that this "nowhere" would be later dubbed "the Zone of Silence," and the mystery behind this place would equal that of the infamous Bermuda Triangle. 

So if you ever find yourself in a desert, 25 miles away from Ceballos, Mexico, and just 400 miles to the south of El Paso, Texas, get yourself ready - you're in the Mapimí Silent Zone, and some bizarre things might start to happen right away. 

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With more and more people using the Internet both in their business and private life. Here's some bad news for you: it's getting way harder to protect yourself against scammers because now they've started to target - brace yourself - your Google Calendar! In short, this scam uses hyperlink-embedded events to get access to your sensitive information. Let's figure out how the scam goes.

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Imagine that you don’t have to spend hours in traffic jams on your way to the office. No need to be squeezed in a crowd of commuters at rush hour. To get to the supermarket, you don’t even have to go out. Just press a button in the elevator or walk down the stairs if you’re in an athletic mood. Sound like a miracle? In fact, there’s a town in Alaska whose citizens have everything they need under one roof. It’s Whittier, maybe the strangest town you’ve ever seen.

Whittier is situated on the coast of Prince William Sound in the Gulf of Alaska. All of Whittier’s 220 citizens live in one building; a tower of condominiums. Citizens don’t only live in the same building, but go to work, school, and do their shopping by just pressing different buttons in the elevator. Well, actually there’s one guy, Paul, who thinks he’s special and lives in a camper nearby. 

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It seems like almost every country in the world has at least one law that baffles foreigners to no end, and Canada is no exception! Did you just say I can't fill my bathtub with more than 3-and-a-half inches of water when taking a bath? Yep, that's Canada! Do you want to have more than 4 pet rats at a time? Then, unfortunately, Canada isn’t the country for you. 

There are places in Canada where you can't attach sirens to your bike, build a snowman that’s taller than 30 inches, paint a wooden ladder, or leave home while "wearing" your pet snake on your neck or holding your pet lizard in your hands. If you want to take your snake (or any other reptile) for a walk, be so kind as to put it in a glass container. But wait, there's more to come. 

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Remember Queen Victoria, the British monarch who once ruled the biggest empire in the world? The time of her reign was the Victorian Era, people donned Victorian fashion, and buildings were constructed with distinctive Victorian architecture. But there’s one thing not many people know about the Queen: she once adopted an African girl, thus saving her life! 

In 1850, a British emissary arrived in Dahomey. Buying and selling captives were still common in this West African kingdom. In fact, its ruler, King Ghezo, was known to capture people from rival tribes. That’s why Captain Frederick E. Forbes of the Royal Navy was sent there to carry out this noble mission. During his stay, the African king introduced him to one of his most valuable prisoners. And it was... a 7-year-old girl named Aina. 

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