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The only time I use a teabag is to cure a sty in the eye. Works like a charm, but I don't drink the tea. If I want tea, I make it with dried herbs. MUCH better.

 

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Only one letter doesn’t appear in a U.S. state name.​

Look at a map of the United States and you’ll see almost every letter of the alphabet represented in the 50 state names. Only one is absent — a letter so rare, it appears in less than 1% of the main entries of the Concise Oxford Dictionary’s 2004 edition. Benjamin Franklin wanted to omit it from the alphabet entirely.

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[td] Famous Americans: The myths everyone believes and why they’re wrong ​

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[td] No doubt, we love a good legend. Give us a glamorous movie star, a sports hero, or a cultural icon, and we’ll happily embroider the facts to make a story sparkle. But many of the tales we repeat with total confidence never actually happened. Here are some of the most stubborn myths about famous Americans, and (hopefully) the real stories behind them.​ ​

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10 Essential Films About the Great Depression​

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Some of the best movies made during the Depression were also about the Depression, though a number of later productions captured the era just as well. Here are the 10 best.

 

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5 Foods That Change the Way Other Foods Taste​ Some foods numb the tongue, others trigger sweetness, and some can even throw your whole palate off balance for days. [td] [td width="100%"] Read More ​

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This formatting is WEIRD, but my answer to the question of which letter isn't in any of the State names is Q.

 

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Humans can tell when someone is watching them.​

“I feel like someone is watching me” is a classic horror film trope, but the idea also taps into a biological fact: Humans are good at sensing when someone is looking at them. While some label this gut feeling a kind of sixth sense, it’s really a biological phenomenon known as gaze detection. So how does it work?

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Mary Poppins’ ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’ was inspired by the polio vaccine.​

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When inspiration strikes, you have to just go with it. Few knew that better than Robert B. Sherman, who, along with his brother Richard, made up one of the best-known songwriting duos in Hollywood history. They collaborated on 1964’s Mary Poppins — including the song “A Spoonful of Sugar,” which was inspired by the polio vaccine. Here’s the story.

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