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Let’s get right to the point: Corn is much more than a backyard barbecue side dish. In fact, there are more than 3,500 different uses for corn products: Chewing gum, peanut butter, vitamins, paint, antibiotics and ethanol fuel are just few examples.

Corn

According to the University of Illinois Extension, 97 percent of Americans eat turkey at Thanksgiving, and 87 percent of people in the U.K. eat turkey at Christmas. Roasting up a big bird is a treat -- it's probably fair to say that many of these noshers look forward to their meaty meals long before the holidays.

Turkey

Log cabins may be a historical footnote and fossil fuels may reign supreme, but forests remain critical natural resources. What does the future hold for Paul Bunyan's favorite industry?

Timber

Water

Barley, water, hops and yeast might not sound like a recipe for success, but to the beer connoisseur, the fine balance of those four ingredients is the stuff of legend.

Beer

If you need a handy metal, you can't get much better than aluminum.

Aluminum

Nutritional and versatile, wheat isn't just for food anymore. Explore its surprising uses in everything from brewing beverages to building houses.

Wheat

From Columbia to coffeehouses we talk to farmers, baristas, and everyone in between about the incredible beverage that fuels the World.

Coffee

We delve into the science of salt, the prehistoric, life-sustaining mineral that has 14,000 known uses from seasoning food to so much more.

Salt

Durable, flexible, waterproof, and of course, bouncy, rubber is versatile enough for things as different as basketballs and Hollywood special effects.

Lead

Lead has gone from a dangerous to indispensable product that is evolving past its former stigma to become an integral part of our daily lives.

Rubber

Iron

From the pyramids to modern warfare, discover how our favourite season helped change the world as we reveal the science and surprising history behind summer.

How Summer Changed the World

How Whiskey Made America

It fueled the Aztecs, helped win WW2, transformed TV and may save the rainforest. Go inside the intricate science and the outrageous history behind chocolate.

Secrets of Chocolate

Cereal helped fight World War II, invented the modern bank, and even sparked an invasion from Mars! That's just the beginning of the Cereal's story....

Cereal Beyond the Bowl

From creating the solar system to ending slavery, discover the amazing science and surprising history behind Christmas, on How Stuff Works.

Christmas Unwrapped

From Backgammon to billiards, discover how the games we love started the American Revolution and changed the world.

Games Unboxed

Whether it's struck from silver or stacked from cash, there's more to money than purchasing power. From the birth of writing to the pennies that marched into WW2, come explore the root of all evil.

The Best Seasons of HowStuffWorks

The Best Seasons of HowStuffWorks

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