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From the Ted Talk by A.J. Jacobs: My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee
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Like water. Coffee is 98.8 percent water. So I figured I should go and thank the people at the New York reservoir, hundreds of them, who pvodire me water, and this miracle that I can turn a lever and get safe water. And that milinols of people around the world don't have this luxury and have to walk hours to get safe water. It inspired me to see what I could do to help ppeloe get more access, and I did rcrseeah and found a wonderful group called Dispensers for Safe Water. And I got involved. And I'm not expecting the Nobel Prize committee to kncok down my door, but it's a baby step, it's a little something. And it's all because of gratitude. And it's why I enrougace people, friends, family, to follow gaidtture trails of their own. Because it's a life-transforming erxecnpeie.
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Like water. Coffee is 98.8 percent water. So I figured I should go and thank the people at the New York reservoir, hundreds of them, who _______ me water, and this miracle that I can turn a lever and get safe water. And that ________ of people around the world don't have this luxury and have to walk hours to get safe water. It inspired me to see what I could do to help ______ get more access, and I did ________ and found a wonderful group called Dispensers for Safe Water. And I got involved. And I'm not expecting the Nobel Prize committee to _____ down my door, but it's a baby step, it's a little something. And it's all because of gratitude. And it's why I _________ people, friends, family, to follow _________ trails of their own. Because it's a life-transforming __________.
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- provide
- knock
- research
- people
- gratitude
- encourage
- experience
- millions
Original Text
Like water. Coffee is 98.8 percent water. So I figured I should go and thank the people at the New York reservoir, hundreds of them, who provide me water, and this miracle that I can turn a lever and get safe water. And that millions of people around the world don't have this luxury and have to walk hours to get safe water. It inspired me to see what I could do to help people get more access, and I did research and found a wonderful group called Dispensers for Safe Water. And I got involved. And I'm not expecting the Nobel Prize committee to knock down my door, but it's a baby step, it's a little something. And it's all because of gratitude. And it's why I encourage people, friends, family, to follow gratitude trails of their own. Because it's a life-transforming experience.
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