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Let's start here: one cup of cheese is not eight ounces. Now, discover the best ways to measure cheese accurately, whether you're measuring by weight or volume.

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More than 2,000 years ago, pretty much every educated human knew the Earth was round. There are some pretty obvious clues, after all. If you travel south, you see stars and constellations you’ve never ...

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