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HowStuffWorks is a website created by Marshall Brain. It is dedicated to explaining the way many things work. Topics range from "How Verbal Self-Defense Works" to "How Black Holes Work". Sections of the site are also available on different mediums such as books and CDs. The site also has a "How Stuff Will Work" focussing on the future technological developments. It uses photos and animation to explain even complex terminology and mechanisms in lucid terms.

Sections

  • Auto
  • Computers
  • Electronics
  • Health
  • People
  • Science
  • Travel
  • Home
  • Money

Awards

The site has garnered a lot of popularity and has received numerous awards.

History

On August 15, 2003, the popular HowStuffWorks Forums shut down [1]. The community has since survived in an unaffiliated website at http://forums.howwhatwhy.com

Stuffo (which is dedicated to video games and movies) became www.stuffo.com instead of a section of HowStuffWorks some time in 2005. Stuffo is still owned by HowStuffWorks, they just decided to make it its own website.

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