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Apr 04, 2016 05:05 pm   Today on HowStuffWorks NOW   The Transforming Gun Meant to Resemble a Smartphone A Minnesota entrepreneur is planning to manufacture and market what might be the ultimate in concealed weapons — a small pistol designed to look like a cellphone.       Stop Checking That Phone (If You Can) If you're one of those people who checks their smartphone hundreds or even thousands of times a day, research out of Temple University helps explain why.       Sine Us Up: It's Square Root Day. Four (squared) cheers for Square Root Day!       New Clues to Why Bus-sized Giant Shark Megalodon Went Extinct Scientists thought climate and ecological change was the culprit, but a new study suggests otherwise.       Ridiculous History: The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 In 1835, a newspaper ran a series of articles on lunar discoveries, leading papers to fly off the shelf. There was just one problem.       Introverts Just Got a New Job: Grammar Police A study found that introverts were more likely than extroverts to negatively judge those who made grammar mistakes and typos. No introverts were available to comment.       Prairie Dogs Savagely Kill Squirrels to Eliminate the Competition Prairie dogs are cute little vegetarians … who have no problem casually snapping the neck of a ground squirrel. And those that kill have another sexy benefit, too.       That Slice of Cake Pictured on the Box? It's 762 Calories, Not 247 A study showed that people are heavily influenced by the picture on the cake mix box when it came to guessing serving size and calories.       See the Band, Buy the T-shirt (More Easily) You want to wear the cool T-shirt the day after the concert; the band wants your cash to fuel life on the road. The Merch Cat app is geared at making both things happen.       In Space No One Can Hear You Podcast. Until Now. HowStuffWorks proves it can podcast anywhere, anytime, even while orbiting Earth.     Copyright © 2016 InfoSpace LLC, All rights reserved. HowStuffWorks, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave, Atlanta, GA 30308 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list