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Health:

• What's the deal with beef tallow?
• Cinnamon could affect drug metabolism in the body
• Proposed Food Dye Ban Affects More Than Candy—10 Surprising Foods You Need to Know About
• I’m a heart surgeon and gut health expert. Here are the 5 healthiest vegetables I eat every day—no matter what

Happiness:

• After Son’s Death Woman Gives Part of Her Liver to His Best Friend’s Mom in Serendipitous Kindness Chain
• ‘It’s Fun Making a Difference’ Legions of Amish Come to Help Rebuild NC Town

Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

Higher Consciousness:

• Legalizing Marijuana Led To An Increase In Use—But A Decrease In Problematic Misuse, American Medical Association Study Shows
• Marijuana-filled Easter eggs found across Texas town in ‘scavenger hunt,’ cops say

Lotus Tech Tips:

• Hacking US crosswalks to talk like Zuck is as easy as 1234
• The $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen

The Junk Drawer:

• Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan charged with 2 felonies in ICE case
• Cops accused of ‘crushing’ 32-year-old dad to death in TN traffic stop, suit says

Last Call:

• Lion Crashes Florida Couple's Wedding in Shocking Images: 'No One Was Looking at the Bride'
• Country music television legend and singer dead at 78
• Sammy Hagar Says New Song Was Inspired By Guitar Lick Eddie Van Halen Showed Him in a Dream

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Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• cottongin

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