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Why curved glasses make you drink faster

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The physical geometry of glassware actively manipulates drinking speeds. Because humans struggle to judge the halfway mark on curvy, flared glasses, they accidentally drink significantly faster than if they were sipping from perfectly straight, predictable cylinders.

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