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While many people sleep in on New Year\'s morning or nurse a pounding headache, some brave (think crazy?) souls are jumping in frigid lakes, rivers, and oceans ... just because they can. If a polar bea
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\"\"Volumetrics encourages eating foods like legumes. See more weight loss tips pictures.Publications International, Ltd.T
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