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HotSaucers4Heros: Help a Veteran at the Show

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While conducting combat operations in Afghanistan in September, 2011, Sergeant Frank Hegr received multiple complex injuries from a hand grenade. He’s on the long road to recovery but requires 24-hour assistance, with a pile of medical bills to boot. The site hotsaucersheros.com was created to assist in that recovery and honor his military service.

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Easier to Drink it Than to Say It?

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I imagine that on your trips to the liquor store, you occasionally discover a liquor that you are not quite sure how to pronounce. These tend to be the imported liquors with French or Italian names, though sometimes you’re just looking at a made-up moniker. For example, Häagen-Dazs ice cream, a company founded in Brooklyn, chose a made-up name and included a map of Denmark on their early cartons.

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Do Chile Peppers Burn Fat?

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Researchers at the University of Wyoming uncovered evidence suggesting that chile peppers may do exactly that. Their studies indicate that capsaicin, the hot part in hot peppers, may amp up metabolism as well as turning white fat to brown fat.