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Specialization is for insects?

Post Date: Oct 02, 2008 1:03 p.m.
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100 skills every man (or woman) should know (with videos!) from Popular Mechanics - learn how to split firewood or solder a wire , among others. Before you look, take the quiz and see how you stack up against people like our own Adam Savage. Need more? Esquire offers a more touchy-feely list of skills ; the Art of Manliness has a list that includes how to land a plane and how to survive a street fight ; and also a (PDF) book listing medical skills for surviving the end of the world . And if you prefer the fictional, there is also the classic list of skills from Robert Heinlein and the skills of a certain TV stuntman .

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