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We’ve all got days when our friends can’t hang and the next several hours stretch out before us without a single plan to fill them. You don’t have to spend those hours doing nothing—there are plenty of ways to entertain, educate, exercise, and enrich yourself, even without a partner in crime or a group of your best buds. We’ll give you the top 83 ideas for things to do when you find yourself alone with some time to kill.
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