Please keep in mind that this is a simple search engine, not the Wizard of Oz. Start by entering a single word and see what you get. For example, if you are looking for something about food preservation, try entering "food" and see what happens. Then try "food AND preservation" if you get too many hits.

Two other things to keep in mind: 1) If you misspell the word you will get back nothing, and 2) This search engine searches ONLY the How Stuff Works pages, not the entire net. Try an engine like Infoseek to search the entire net. Enjoy!

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Use the form below to specify your search
Find words:

Tips: You can use "and" (default) and "or" with search terms.
Write umlauts like Ä as Ae, ...

Examples:
- "cat and mouse" - or simply "cat mouse"
- "(cat or mouse) and not dog" *
- "cat or mouse"
   *) "not" operates only within the set of files containing
      at least one of "cat", "mouse" or "dog".

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This searchable archive was implemented with the ICE search engine (boolean patch pj9711)