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In this issue
SO THAT’S WHY WE SAY THAT!*
Fun facts about the language that’s been confounding speakers for centuries: English.
by Brandon Specktor
The Placebo Cure
Why doctors are prescribing sugar pills instead of the real thing.
by Lia Grainger
A Gem of a Proposal
CHRISTIAN LIDEN WAS in eighth grade when he hatched a grandiose plan to create a personalized engagement ring for his future fiancée. Never mind that he didn't have a girlfriend. If a natural diamond could take billions of years to form, he figured he could be patient.
![A Gem of a Proposal](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5844/1041788/JdQRV019a1660729144655/A-GEM-OF-A-PROPOSAL-.jpg)
2 mins
Learn a Language as an Adult
Contrary to conventional thinking, it isn't too late
![Learn a Language as an Adult](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5844/1041788/eRQIjkxlH1660728933541/LEARN-A-LANGUAGE-AS-AN-ADULT.jpg)
4 mins
Bubble Tea Blows Up
WHEN BUBBLE TEA was first introduced to the United States about 30 years ago, you could get it only in mom-and-pop shops in big-city Chinatown and Koreatown. Now it's popping up in cafés around the country; Baskin-Robbins even offered a version this spring and summer.
![Bubble Tea Blows Up](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5844/1041788/XsLYbLHIT1660728695738/BUBBLE-TEA-BLOWS-UP-.jpg)
2 mins
A Celebration of 100th Birthdays
A Celebration of 100th Birthdays
![A Celebration of 100th Birthdays](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5844/1041788/1b4hyEngN1660728125731/A-CELEBRATION-OF-100TH-BIRTHDAYS.jpg)
3 mins
Beyond Burnout
What to do when (or ideally, before) stress reaches epic proportions
![Beyond Burnout](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5844/1041788/PAlljAX0Z1660724625614/crp_Stressed-out-Burnout-The-American-Institute-of-Stress-Therapy-Antidepressants-Mental-illness-Severe-depression-Anxiety.jpg)
4 mins
MIND OVER MIGRAINE
A German study of migraine sufferers found that weekly sessions of mindfulnessbased cognitive therapy reduced the frequency of their headaches by 40 percent.
![MIND OVER MIGRAINE](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5844/1041788/Es1c3F_-F1660727290900/MIND-OVER-MIGRAINE.jpg)
2 mins
SO THAT'S WHY WE SAY THAT
Fun facts about the language that's been confounding speakers for centuries: English
![SO THAT'S WHY WE SAY THAT](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5844/1041788/gt_nsbrum1660718422812/SO-THATS-WHY-WE-SAY-THAT.jpg)
10 mins
What I'm Currently Reading
Classics? Self-help books? Not for this Reader's Digest editor.
3 mins
The ENDURING DELIGHT of the DICTIONARY
Every unknown word is a solvable mystery
![The ENDURING DELIGHT of the DICTIONARY](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5844/1041788/NLJ2kJYye1660722685415/THE-ENDURING-DELIGHT-OF-THE-DICTIONARY-.jpg)
3 mins
THE PLACEBO CURE
WHY DOCTORS ARE PRESCRIBING SUGAR PILLS INSTEAD OF THE REAL THING
![THE PLACEBO CURE](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5844/1041788/fGHWXwydX1660722959370/THE-PLACEBO-CURE.jpg)
6 mins
THE GREAT 9/11 MARITIME RESCUE
We've read about so many heroes of that fateful day, yet somehow this mission-the largest of its kind in history-remains largely unknown
![THE GREAT 9/11 MARITIME RESCUE](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5844/1041788/DNcABb9oa1660723149635/THE-GREAT-911-MARITIME-RESCUE.jpg)
7 mins
My Southern Accent, Lost and Found
For years, I denied this part of myself, until I realized what I was missing
![My Southern Accent, Lost and Found](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5844/1041788/R6VVZMSUh1660723475110/MY-SOUTHERN-ACCENT-LOST-AND-FOUND.jpg)
7 mins
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Category: Lifestyle
Language: English
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