Secrets

Revenge of the battery hack - 32 AAs inside a 6v Lantern Battery. BUT IS IT PHONEY?!

Posted 42 weeks 9 hours ago by Paul Michael

Life Hacks, Deals and Coupons

6v lantern battery

Ok, there's not really much that I can say to top this one. After the amazing work that Kipkay did over at Metacafe, the folks at gagfilms have gone one better. They've discovered not 10 or even 20 but 32 AA batteries inside one standard 6v battery.Yup, I'm floored.

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Tricks of the trade: Share an insider's tip about your profession!

Posted 47 weeks 2 days ago by Will Chen

Life Hacks, Consumer Affairs

whispering trade secrets

Have an insider tip you normally don't tell the public about? Here is your chance to share the tricks of your trade. Whether you have a friendly tip or a soylent-green kind of revelation, share them in the comments section and win a prize!

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Beat the claw machine, save your sanity.

Posted 1 year ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Life Hacks

crane game

How many times have you passed one of these annoying things and thrown 50 cents away? I'm hugely guilty of it. I can't resist them. One time I got six out in a row, then I've gone years with no success. Is there a secret?

Well, it seems there is. And seeing as how I've spent some time warning you away from a lot of fairground cons recently, I thought I'd try and be positive about at least one of them.

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The Dirty Secrets of Food Processing. Strong Stomach required.

Posted 1 year ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Food and Drink

Milk?

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The Dirty Secrets of Credit Cards

Posted 1 year ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Credit Cards

Shhh

As a complement to Andrea’s article, here’s something else to make you sleep well at night. The average American has around 8 credit cards and is carrying roughly $9000 in credit card debt. If that’s not bad enough, the credit card companies are involved in what can only be described as a conspiracy to keep Americans in debt, permanently.

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