The quirky seventh-grader, who went by "Licy, " could tell you the origin of every neon drinking straw in her collection and she "sewed buttons on everything, " said her aunt, Amber Hager.

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Drinking through a straw can help limit the damage, as can rinsing the mouth with water afterwards or consuming the beverage quickly rather than sipping it all day.

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She presented him with a mate gourd and straw for drinking traditional Argentine tea.

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An inspection of the Pembroke PoW depot in 1797 found 56 prisoners held in a single room, with no toilets, no fresh straw for seven weeks, and no drinking water for three days.

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Nowadays, many look at it as a bunch of partiers in silly shirts and straw hats wearing gaudy paper flower leis and drinking overly sweet, superfluity rum drinks while trying not to burn down the backyard with torch fuel being spilled on the grill.

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