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Americans aren’t good at vacations. Isn’t that what all the reports say? We can’t put our phones away, we check our work email and take work calls from the beach, and that’s if we even take our vacation days to begin with. According to career site Glassdoor.com, the average U.S. employee only takes 54 percent of their vacation days. In other words, we’re all leaving half our PTO on the table.

Well, maybe not all of us. Millennials are apparently taking vacations — and really long ones at that.

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When we’re in the womb, our ears are the first sense organ to develop. When we die, it is said that our hearing is the last to go. So it should come as no surprise that humans have found tools and tricks to appeal to our sense of hearing for at least 35,000 years, in […]

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As Will Smith so eloquently put it in his 1997 hit single, “Miami,” “Everyday like a Mardi Gras/Everybody party all day/No work, all play.” Miami is viewed as a grown-up fantasyland, combining lavish lifestyles, over-the-top excess and skin — lots and lots of skin. While there is certainly a Las-Vegas-on-the-beach mentality for some, for many […]

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There is something magical about a book. You read words and sentences hatched in somebody else’s brain. In the process, your mind takes flight and your imagination soars. I believe everyone has a book in them. Indeed, I meet so many people who express the desire to write one… someday. Maybe you’d like to pen […]

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“Sometimes, pairs like this are so interconnected at the roots that when one tree dies, the other one dies, too.” The words belong to Peter Wohlleben, a German forest ranger who penned a surprise bestseller, “The Hidden Lives of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate — Discoveries From a Secret World.” The notion that […]

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Coffee consumption is on the rise around the world. In fact, the demand for coffee is being attributed to two factors: millennials are chugging more java and more countries are adopting a caffeine fix.

“Coffee demand is robust and growing at about 1.5 percent per annum,” Carlos Mera Arzeno, a commodities analyst with Rabobank International in London, tells The Washington Post.

But not all countries consume coffee equally. Research from NPD and CREST has found interesting trends about coffee intake around the globe.

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When it comes to delivering groceries to homes, Amazon has a firm understanding of what works and what doesn’t. But the e-commerce company is going to face some fierce competition: Discount supermarket Aldi is slated to partner with Instacart, a grocery delivery company that allows consumers to shop for groceries online and then have them delivered to their door in a matter of one to two hours.

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I think we can all agree that the lunch struggle is real and it can feel totally overwhelming when you’re at a loss for what to pack. When it comes to packing a totally tasty lunch that you look forward to tucking into midday, I truly believe it’s all a matter of inspiration. Sure, recipes help, but getting some good visual inspiration is a surefire way to jumpstart your meal prep process. Here are 10 photos that will get the ball rolling and help you pack a better lunch.

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