Andrew Tarantola
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Monster Machines: The World’s Most Badass Combine Harvester Will Shuck Your Mind
For untold centuries, humanity manually harvested and threshed our grains to separate the literal wheat from the chaff. The advent of combine harvesters — those that both harvest and thresh the grains in a single, automated process — however has vastly increased our ability to cultivate crops. And the new CR10.90 from New Holland does…
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Giz Explains: What The Heck Is Toothpaste Anyway?
It’s been part of humanity’s hygiene regimen for more than 4,000 years, but have you ever stopped to think what’s actually in the stuff you’re smearing across your teeth? The ingredients of modern toothpaste may read like a mad scientist’s shopping list, but they’re far better than what our ancestors had to endure for healthy…
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Crock-Pot Smart Slow Cooker Review: Let The Internet Help With Dinner
It’s Friday night. You’re out on the town when suddenly the realisation hits: you totally forgot to turn off the crock-pot before you left for the evening. Now, instead of coming home to a delicious beef brisket dinner, you’re going to come home to inedible charred mass. But with Crock-pot’s new smart cooker, you can…
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Monster Machines: It’s A Miracle WWI US Naval Destroyers Managed To Hit Anything At All
When you’re on a destroyer steaming full speed through the North Atlantic firing at an enemy ship 15,000m away that’s trying its best to sink you, you’d better make well sure your shot hits first. To ensure our sailors stood a fighting chance during WWI’s intense naval engagements, the DoW built and outfitted America’s fleet…