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No need to scour the Internet for the perfect sturdy, cool camera strap to take on your travels; just peek inside your closet. This camera strap DIY by Photojojo calls simply for a silk scarf or piece of cut silk fabric, sturdy key rings, and some basic sewing skills. Silk is an incredibly sturdy fabric, which makes it an ideal candidate to keep a precious DSLR safe. Silk rope is actually stronger than steel cable - its prohibitive costs keep silk from becoming a standard manufacturing option.

Head over to Photojojo for the full how-to on making a boho-chic camera strap of your own and share pics of your creations on our Facebook page!

It was the chemical properties of electromagnetic force that first brought you and your Valentine together. Now that the atomic bond is strong, recall those first chaotic charges with a quirky take on the traditional Feb. 14 bouquet. Present a more understated, but still just as beautiful, flower arrangement in a vintage lab beaker for a love worthy of its own periodic table.

The Super Bowl is this weekend, and if you're one of the unlucky few that won't be able to park yourself in front of the TV on Super Bowl Sunday, you're in luck - you can still catch the live action away from home. Check out a few ways you can join in the fun with these tools!

YouTube isn't just for watching funny videos about cats, it's also a great place to get educated. No, really! Take SciShow, for example. This channel is dedicated to teaching the masses interesting things about science, computers, and all things geeky, in a highly entertaining way, thanks mostly in part to the adorably nerdy host, Hank.

Get schooled on things like solar energy, mind reading, and Tatooine, both in quick "dose" formats or longer, more involved episodes. Obviously an overachiever, host Hank also gives you the easy-to-digest lowdown on biology on a secondary channel. Classic geek move, right there.

What are some of your favorite educational YouTube channels? Share them with us (so we can get smarter together) in the comments!

Now that years have passed, and we can remove Pluto from our solar system's family of planets without argument, it's time to focus on the eight planetary masses orbiting the Sun. Impress your friends, pub trivia foes, and Neil deGrasse Tyson by learning these galactic facts on Earth's neighbors.

• Saturn's moon, Titan, has its own atmosphere, but you wouldn't want to live there, as it's poisonous to breathe.
• Jupiter's moon, Lo, is the most volcanically active body in the solar system, covered in sulfurs of all colors.
• Surface temperatures on Venus can rise past 800°F. Space probes that landed on the planet were destroyed by the temperatures in just hours!
• Earthlings can spot Mercury pass across the face of the Sun 13 times per century. The next "transit" will be in May 2016.
• Most of Uranus's 27 moons are named for Shakespearean characters.
• An icy and stormy planet, Neptune's winds are nine times stronger than those on Earth.
• The Haughton crater in the Canadian High Arctic is thought to have similar terrain as Mars and is the site for much research on the red planet.

Follow the break for more facts on the wild planet worlds of space.