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"People We Meet on Vacation" is becoming a Netflix film. Netflix The film adaptation of "People We Meet on Vacation" by Emily Henry hits Netflix on January 9. Henry's novels are romant...
Yes, real Coke uses coca leaves. No, there's no cocaine. And now you can make the whole thing at home for pennies....
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