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One of the easiest personal finance tips out there is to simply stop wanting more stuff. Sadly, humans dont work that way. This post originally appeared onThe Simple Dollar. Our desires run amok for a lot of reasons. We want things for personal enjoyment. We want them because theyll fill an emotional hole in our life. We want them to impress others or to keep up with the Joneses. We want to feel rewarded for the hard work we put into our lives....

iOS/Android: Google has beentiptoeing the travel game for a while nowwith useful tools likeGoogle Flightsand theirhotel search function. The app is free and leverages content from your Google account. Of course, if youre offline, you wont get those real-time updates. The app does a lot more than compile this basic info, though. It offers several other incredibly useful features for each trip. Once you kick off the app, youll see a list of current, upcoming, and past trips....

Indeed, eucalyptus are one of the tallest trees in the world rivaling the coast redwoods of North America. Eucalyptus is not a single species. In fact, its the genus, with more than seven hundred species under it. Nearly all of them are native to Australia. The tallest among them iseucalyptus regnans, colloquially known as mountain ash, which regularly grows above 85 meters. It is also the tallest flowering plant in the world....

From the archives of Amusing Planet. My guess is, its close to 1,000 feet. They have created their own rail service using pieces of bamboo and abandoned barbell like train wheels. The locals call the vehicles “Norries”, but overseas visitors know them as “bamboo trains”. But the hole is not of a natural origin. The large crater is a result of a Soviet gas exploration accident that occurred in 1971....

Lets see who is victorious in this battle between beauty and the beast. Their glasses cancost anywhere from $70 to $250(non-prescription only.) For this comparison, I tried theGunnar Optiks SheaDog Full Rim Ergonomic frames ($74). Ive been wearing both for the past couple weeks to find out for sure. Do they actually work? Wevetalked about it at length before, and for the most part, they do. In fact, theres evidence that suggests blocking out blue light before bed evenhelps you get better sleep....

iOS 10 is packed full of new features, but thebest ones are often hidden under the hood. When someone leaves you a voicemail, iOS will take a few minutes to attempt to transcribe it. When its done, just tap the voicemail to expand it and youll find your transcription. Head to prefs > General > Accessibility > Magnifier and set the toggle to On. Just hard-press the X icon and select Clear All Notifications....

Flaking, itching, taught, and drab-looking skin are just no fun. Some, like yours truly, struggle with it more than others. Dry skin typically happens when your skin lacks oil, water, or both. If youre dark skinned, youll even get chalky or ashy. Youve probably noticed more dryness in the winter when the climate overall goes bone-dry. These are usually related to skin diseases, the most common of which areeczemaandpsoriasis. TheAmerican Academy of Dermatologyrecommendsapplying moisturizer right after washing your face and patting it dry....

During its heydays, Livissi had a population of 10,000 or 20,000 according to different sources. Before the First World War, there were many Greek populations living peacefully across the whole of western Turkey. But when War started, these Greeks suddenly found themselves in enemy land and at mercy of the Ottomans. Several hundred thousand Greeks were massacred during the war as part of ethnic cleansing carried out by the Turks....

You may have met someone who says they dont trust banks and shoves their money under a mattress. You write them off and go on using your debit cards and checking accounts. Then somethinglike Wells Fargo happensand suddenly, mattressing your money doesnt seem like such a bad idea. Despite our fears, banks serve us pretty well for the most part. Our money is there when we need to pay rent....

Frugality is the best personal finance tactic there is for seeingimmediateresults. This post originally appeared onThe Simple Dollar. If you choose not to spendor you choose to spend lessyou see the results from that choiceimmediatelyin your wallet. Theres simply more cash sitting there. Sure, there are many, many approaches to personal finance that offer great results. Getting a part-time job is one. Going back to school to get a better degree is another one....

The GoPro is yourfavorite action camera, and its easy to understand why. Its versatile, powerful, and sturdy. Dont waste that $500there are plenty of other creative ways to get even more out of your GoPro. My fiance and I bought a GoPro a couple of years ago. We took it on a couple of trips, snapped some underwater snorkeling photos and some fun time-lapse shots. And then it started collecting dust....

The hunt takes place early morning, usually before sunrise. The noise disrupts the dolphin’s sonar throwing off their navigation and causing them to panic. This enables the fishermen to drive the panicked dolphins towards the bay which leads to a sheltered cove. Once inside, the mouth of the cove is sealed with nets trapping the dolphins inside. Photo credit:Japan Times At this point, the dolphins are too agitated to hunt....

Weve all had the experience of wanting to get a project done but putting it off for later. This post originally appeared onThe Conversation. So why do we procrastinate? Are we built to operate this way at some times? Or is there something wrong with the way were approaching work? Or I could think about how unpleasant cleaning can actually beespecially when sharing a house with a toddler. The Distant Deadline People are not entirely rational in the way they value things....