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3 days ago | stacker.com | Allison McNearney

Virrage Images // Shutterstock For generations of Americans, the soundtrack to spring weekends has been a rise in bird song and the loud, constant “virrrrrr” of neighbors cutting their growing grass. But the gas lawn mowers, leaf blowers and weed eaters that have been used for over a century to keep lawns manicured are not only noisy—in the past few years, researchers have discovered that they also pose an outsized risk to the environment and to human health.

3 days ago | stacker.com | Matt Simon

If you were to drink improperly recycled toilet water, it could really hurt you—but probably not in the way you're thinking. Advanced purification technology so thoroughly cleans wastewater of feces and other contaminants that it also strips out natural minerals, which the treatment facility then has to add back in. If it didn't, that purified water would imperil you by sucking those minerals out of your body as it moves through your internal plumbing.

4 days ago | stacker.com | Vicki Denig

Father's Day is a time to celebrate and honor the fathers and father figures in our lives, and for the dads who appreciate a fine glass of wine, selecting the perfect bottle can be a thoughtful way to show your love and gratitude. However, choosing the right wine gift for Father's Day can be a daunting task—though with a bit of guidance from Sommsation, selecting the perfect bottle is just a few clicks away.

1 week ago | stacker.com | Fred Decker

There's no way around it, Americans are inundated every day with nuisance and scam calls: about 50 billion of them per year, according to call-blocking app YouMail (the Federal Communications Commission says 4 billion/month, which is right in the same ballpark). Even that's not the whole picture, because it only counts automated robocalls, and not the ones made by actual humans. Now, not all of those calls (and texts) are scams, Spokeo says. Some are legitimate, and some are just a bit shady.

1 week ago | stacker.com | Colleen Kilday

PeopleImages.com - Yuri A // Shutterstock Canines are top dog when it comes to pet ownership: 45.5 million households have dogs compared to 32.1 million that have cats in 2024, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association. In a distant third are freshwater fish at 3.9 million, while birds, reptiles, and small animals trailing at 2.1 million, 2.3 million, and 1.3 million, respectively.