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The Maleficent Cup

Aaahhh, the morning cup of coffee. Ooooohh, the iced blended on a hot afternoon! Not to ruin the moment (because it shouldn't), but the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders now includes caffeine withdrawal as a disorder. Its ingestion on a regular basis, over time, actually changes the brain's physical and chemical makeup, which is why we need more to get the same effect and why quitting makes us feel like someone poured wet cement into our head: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/08/this-is-how-your-brain-becomes-addicted-to-caffeine/
   On a related topic of interest, the paper coffee-cup sleeve: It seems simple and obvious enough, and yet someone had to invent it: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2013/08/how-the-coffee-cup-sleeve-was-invented/

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