☀️ Awesome Things 199: Failed Resolutions, Banned Hot Dogs, Love Hotel, Bad Water, Not Drinking, Bourdain Visits Costco
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Why We Make Resolutions (And Why They Fail)
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Kim Jong-un bans hotdogs for North Koreans, cooking them an act of treason
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Love Hotel
«Love Hotel!» is a collection of photographs of the facades of Japanese Love Hotels, taken in 2023 during a road trip between Tokyo and Shikoku Island by photographer François Prost.
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Why Drinking Bottled Water Can Be Much Worse for You Than Tap, According to New Research
“The FDA hardly has any regulations at all for bottled water.”
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45 Photos Of '80s Kids Things That Will Be Very, Very, Nostalgic To Any Xennial
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The Not Drinking Thing
Essay by Goerge Hahn
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You’ll Never Get Off the Dinner Treadmill
There’s no such thing as an easy weeknight meal.
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Tony goes to Costco…
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