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Why You Should Never Plug a Space Heater Into a Power Strip

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When the temperature drops, a space heater can seem like the perfect solution. It’s small, convenient, and can warm up a chilly room in minutes. But there’s one mistake that could turn that little heater into a serious fire hazard: plugging it into a power strip.

It seems harmless enough. After all, power strips handle computers, televisions, lamps, and phone chargers every day. Why should a space heater be any different?

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Why Does Starbucks Coffee Taste So Bad And Why Do Millions of People Love It?

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Walk into almost any Starbucks, order a regular cup of black coffee, and take a sip. Depending on your taste, you might notice something surprising: a bitter, smoky flavor that seems to overwhelm everything else. The subtle sweetness, fruitiness, and complexity that coffee enthusiasts spend so much time discussing can be difficult to find.

For a company that helped introduce millions of Americans to specialty coffee, Starbucks makes a surprisingly polarizing cup.

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The Chinese Spy Who Convinced a French Diplomat He Was a Woman for 20 Years

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The extraordinary true story of Shi Pei Pu, a French diplomat, a child who wasn’t theirs, and one of the strangest espionage scandals of the Cold War.

In 1964, a 20-year-old French embassy employee named Bernard Boursicot arrived in Beijing and met someone who would change his life.

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