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Sometimes sayings stick. Take for instance these two often-used quotes: “The salt of the earth and variety is the spice of life.” “Ye are the salt of the earth,” Jesus told his disciples during the Sermon on the Mount, one of the best known teachings of his ministry. Jesus used salt as a metaphor to emphasize to his disciples how important they were to his ministry. Two thousand years later, we use the expression to refer to someone of great value or importance....

Dragonflies and damselflies are closely related and may seem at first glance to be like twins. But once you know what to look for, telling the two members of the order Odonata apart is a piece of cake. There are four details that even the most inexperienced bug watcher can use to identify if the insect is a dragonfly or a damselfly. They are the eyes, body shape, wing shape and position of the wings at rest....

Kevin Bacon has teased his joining the MCU in The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special on Disney+, revealing one special cameo and festive musical number.Over the years, the MCU has confirmed several actors to exist as themselves within the franchise, but the most famous is by far Kevin Bacon. The ’80s acting legend was an idol of Chris Pratt’s Peter Quill during his Earthbound childhood, leading to him receiving several namedrop from the Guardians of the Galaxy....

Ever since Avengers: Endgame brought the Infinity Saga to a close, fans have been clamoring for another movie centered around Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. During Phase 1-3, Marvel Studios included an Avengers movie in every slate, but this trend changed in Phase 4 when no such films were included. Despite that, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige promised that another Avengers movie will arrive “at some point” in the MCU’s future. While Avengers 5’s roster is still up for debate, a common ground for fans is the inclusion of Joe and Anthony Russo, a....

The comic book movie genre is about to see some major expansion from both Marvel and DC. Warner Bros. is in the final stages of prep for Robert Pattinson’s The Batman in theaters, while Marvel Studios is almost ready to release Oscar Isaac’s Moon Knight on Disney+. Fans are even enjoying a new look at the latter thanks to the Moon Knight spot that premiered at Super Bowl LVI. Over the years, fans have noticed a number of distinct similarities between the two crimefighters, which hasn’t turned out so well for Moon Knight in the public eye....

Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of the highly-anticipated projects under the Star Wars banner, mainly because it will feature the return of Ewan McGregor’s fan-favorite Jedi Master into the Skywalker Saga. Directed by Deborah Chow, the upcoming Disney+ series is set 10 years after the events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, and it will revolve around the adventures of Obi-Wan in Tatooine while protecting Luke Skywalker. This is the basic premise of the show when it was initially revealed, but it seems that the Jedi Master will not be solely confined in the sand-infused planet....

Amid the slew of Star Wars-related announcements during the Mouse House’s Investor’s Day event, fans finally received the news they’ve been waiting for. Lucasfilm’s president Kathleen Kennedy confirmed the Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi series starring Ewan McGregor is a go! This six-episode series is set to begin filming in 2021, picking up ten years after the events of Revenge of the Sith. But Kathleen Kennedy had even more news to share. During the announcement, she also confirmed the series will bring back Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader and even teased a Kenobi vs....

Whether it’s a farmers market or a summer art festival, when the weather warms up, people head outside. And when they go outdoors, many people take their dogs. But while plenty of pups are happy to browse the produce stands and mingle with hundreds of strange people and their pets, there are many who are stressed by the adventure. Some owners just assume that if they’re having fun, their dogs are happy, too....

Following the release of the new trailer for Shazam!: Fury of the Gods, the movie’s director responded to fan complaints.The second trailer for the March DCU film starring Zachary Levi dropped on Thursday, and some fans took to Twitter to make clear their distaste for the “many spoilers” in the new footage for Shazam 2, among other gripes.The film’s director followed suit, tweeting responses to various complaints from fans Friday.Shazam 2 Director on ComplaintsResponding to various Tweets from fans about visual consistency in the new Shazam!...

Now that She-Hulk: Attorney at Law has come and gone, fans are learning more about the making of Marvel Studios’ final Phase 4 series, as well as what ideas and plans didn’t make it into the meta, surprise-filled show. In addition to unrealized concepts for Hulk’s son Skaar and what was supposed to be Daredevil’s initial post-credits scene, fans have also learned that Marvel considered bringing back Edward Norton for She-Hulk’s stunner of a finale....

According to a new report, Venom’s future in the MCU may be on the back-burner as the plan for Tom Holland’s Spider-Man gets shaken up. Fans are itching to see what could happen in Spider-Man 4 with the Venom Symbiote after a small bit of the alien substance was left behind by Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock at the tail-end of Spider-Man: No Way Home.The next Tom Holland Spidey movie is still years away, as a new deal for the actor is still - at least officially - yet to be signed....

As scooters and e-bikes proliferate, we need a place to put them. Ever since I got my e-bike I have worried about parking. E-bikes are expensive, and I have written that “secure bike parking and storage is really going to be the third leg of the stool that will make the e-bike revolution happen: good bikes, good bike lanes, and a safe, secure place to park.” That’s why I was so excited to listen to the latest episode of my favorite podcast, The War on Cars, which discussed this neglected issue and a great solution: Oonee....

The really amazing thing about this standard “bathroom” from 1915, ninety-seven years ago, is how much it looks like the standard bathrooms of today. How did it get this way, and how did we get stuck in such a rut? Pre-Indoor Plumbing Before running water, washing up, bathing, and defecating happened in different places. Washing took place at a washstand in the bedroom, with a pitcher and a bowl; defecating happened in the outhouse or the chamber pot; bathing, when it occasionally happened, was often in a tub by the stove in the kitchen, where the hot water was....

Tom Holland’s currently untitled Spider-Man 3 is clearly one of the most anticipated projects in Marvel’s ambitious Phase 4 slate, and this is all because of the concept of the multiverse. In the past several weeks, the threequel’s cast has grown significantly into a massive ensemble of legacy characters from the previous two Spider-Man franchises from Sony while the addition of Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange further solidified that Peter Parker’s next adventure is a multiverse-based affair....

If you break a bowl or a vase, you likely will throw it away. If it’s an heirloom or has sentimental value, you may painstakingly try to repair it so the cracks are as invisible as possible. Or, you could take the kintsugi approach. Kintsugi is a Japanese art form in which breaks and repairs are treated as part of the object’s history. Broken ceramics are carefully mended by artisans with a lacquer resin mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum....

In recent years within the MCU, the studio has taken to heart the old saying of “a hero is only as good as their villain”, giving audiences the likes of Black Panther’s Killmonger, Avengers: Endgame’s Thanos, and most recently, Daredevil’s Kingpin in Hawkeye. In that light, Spider-Man: No Way Home upped the ante with a whopping five Multiversal villains; but of them all, Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin is who fans can’t stop talking about....

I’ve always believed that you can fix just about anything with duct tape, olive oil, safety pins and a Sharpie. Add binder clips to the mix and the emergency hack kit is pretty much complete. As technology changes the nature of office supplies, the good old binder clip is seeing less and less paper in need of binding … so put those isosceles triangles of spring steel to clever use in any of these applications....

Season 2 of Andor will be returning to a major Star Wars location that was also featured in Season 1 of the Disney+ series.Production on Season 2 is currently well underway, and while not much is known about the specifics of the plot, series producer Tony Gilroy confirmed that Season 2 would take place over a span of four years and lead right up to Rogue One.Gilroy also explained that Season 2 will be “very different” from the first, and series lead Diego Luna, who portrays Cassian Andor, even added that it will be “even better” than its predecessor....

Naming a star after a loved one might sound like the perfect romantic gift. Purchasing real estate on the moon might seem like a worthwhile investment. But can you really name a star or own part of the moon? Yes, and no. What’s in a name? The names of astronomical objects are agreed upon by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The organization is the recognized authority for naming celestial bodies, and it doesn’t sell naming rights for stars, galaxies, planets or any other astronomical feature....

Few predators are as controversial as wolves. They are idolized and despised to varying degrees. No matter who you are, you probably have an opinion about the canids that have lived alongside humans for as long as we have been on this planet. In our efforts to drive wolves farther into the wilderness while simultaneously claiming the wilderness for our own uses, we have been successful in driving wolves dangerously close to extinction....