"There's no research to say that cold water drinkers burn more calories, " he says.

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The simple sandals can also shield feet against the beach's hot sand, which might otherwise cause skin to burn and blister on your walk to the water.

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Though it sounds bizarre, mixing water into the fuel helps it to burn better.

ECONOMIST: To make engines cleaner, add H2O

From there the trash is fed into three boilers that burn at 2, 000 degrees, heating water to create steam that spins a 60-megawatt turbine.

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As you know, yesterday BP began a controlled burn designed to remove large quantities of oil from the open water in an effort to protect shoreline and marine and other wildlife.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing on Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico

But I also want to work with this Congress to encourage the research and technology that helps natural gas burn even cleaner and protects our air and our water.

WHITEHOUSE: State of the Union 2013

The biomass power station would burn rubbish, animal manure, woodchips, seaweed, corn stalks and other wastes, to heat water to create steam to turn turbines to produce around 300 megawatts of electricity.

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