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This is a collection of some of the best magazines for enthusiasts of small farming, homesteading, and self-sufficiency.

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Someone must have told Flip Spiceland or Larry Sprinkles that with a name like that they ought to be in weather.

Codes, puzzles and cryptic public art tease us with their intrigue. Here's our list of 10 of the world's most cryptic unsolved mysteries and codes.

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Cellulose tape is a transparent adhesive tape that happens to be biodegradable too. It is difficult to find, especially in the US. Almost all transparent tape sold here is made of acetate. One ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has maps of major world forests. These maps represent current global forest cover.