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Everyone loves a good life hack, especially if it's super quick to pick up.

While one minute may not seem like a lot of time to master a useful skill, you'd be surprised just how much you can actually accomplish in 60 seconds or less. 

With the help of a Quora thread on the matter, we found several handy life skills you can pick up almost instantly.

Here are 13 of them:

Stop an impending sneeze.

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HBO is seeing a lot of division in both its lineup and its audience as of late. People can’t seem to agree on “Togetherness” (unsolicited opinion: it’s great), at this point you’re either with “Girls” or you’re not, and “Vinyl,” the network’s latest shot at an hour-long prestige drama, is getting mostly tepid reviews from critics who bemoan the show’s lack of originality as well as its reliance on the misbehavior of a cretinous, self-serving protagonist to fuel its narrative trajectory. One show... Читать дальше...

The Irish poet’s posthumously published translation of Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’ adds to our understanding of his oeuvre

It's from a study and everything.

Where do the estimated 27,000 foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria come from, and how many of them are still out there?

Where do the estimated 27,000 foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria come from, and how many of them are still out there?

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin has hosted the crown prince of Abu Dhabi for talks which were to focus on the Syrian crisis.

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has hosted the crown prince of Abu Dhabi for talks which were to focus on the Syrian crisis.

The brothers behind this week's Brussels bombings also spied on a top nuclear researcher in the hope of building a so-called "dirty bomb."

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan government on Thursday dissolved the national examination board and will arrest its members after they were implicated in widespread cheating on the university entrance exams, officials said.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan government on Thursday dissolved the national examination board and will arrest its members after they were implicated in widespread cheating on the university entrance exams, officials said. The cheating scandal comes as Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is in the midst of a high profile campaign to combat the corruption endemic in government and society where an estimated $6 billion is lost to graft annually.

The mystery of the missing Fabergé eggs

The number of unsigned players remaining on PFT’s initial top 100 list of free agents is getting smaller and smaller and one of the last guys left is scheduled for a visit with the Falcons. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that linebacker Courtney Upshaw is set to visit Atlanta. Upshaw, who is No. 33…

Hear an epic song from Teens of Denial, the upcoming album by our our new favorite band, Car Seat Headrest.

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First, China's property bubble popped.

Then, China's stock market bubble burst over the summer, and investors lost a ton of money before the government took control of the system.

Now the concern floating around the world of markets is that the third in China's "triple bubble" is about to burst.

That bubble is credit, especially corporate bonds, which have absolutely exploded over the past year as refugees from the other bubble bursts searched for yield. Читать дальше...

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Donald Trump attacked Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, and Lindsey Graham on Thursday for not doing enough to "solve" the "terrorism problem" during their respective stints in government.

"TIME FOR A CHANGE, I WILL SOLVE - AND FAST!" the Republican presidential frontrunner declared.

He later tweeted "I TOLD YOU SO!" claiming that "as many as 5000" ISIS militants had infiltrated Europe and the US.

Trump made the comment in the middle of a Thursday-morning... Читать дальше...

– President Muhammadu Buhari is being pummeled with series of criticisms by both economic analysts and others alike – The inflation rate recorded in February, 2016 hits a-three year high at 11.4% – The National Economic Summit held on Monday, March 21 in Abuja may do a little in moving the nation’s economy from the […]

Petitioner has contended that Anandkumar has given a false affidavit during election while praying the court to direct the SEC to consider his representation dated Janaury 30,2016 and hold inquiry against Anandkumar.

Peru's water wells near the city of Nazca are over 1,500 years old. Amazingly, most of these "Puquios" still work.

We want to hear from you. What do you remember about that day? Were you one of the lucky ones at the Rogers Centre when Bautista's blast cleared the left field wall? Tell us your story.

UNICEF has revealed that over 87 million children under the age of seven could grow up with underdeveloped brains as a consequence of living in a conflict zone.

"Bimbo. Dog. Fat pig," disgusted women say, looking straight into the camera. Another explains, "Real quotes from Donald Trump, about women." Flip the channel. "I know words. I have the best words," Trump says. That commercial proceeds with a ...

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Life is full of unexpected surprises — and sometimes the unexpected can be costly.

That's why it's crucial to save for a rainy day in the form of an emergency fund.

Where is the most efficient place to stash that three to nine months of living expenses?

A short-term bond fund, says Ellen Jordan, certified financial planner and senior vice president at Bryn Mawr Trust.

They're conservative investments that minimize the risk of you losing money, and... Читать дальше...

Two London 2012 race walking medals will be re-allocated after an appeal over Russia's "selective" disqualification of results.