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Honey, a new pygmy hippo just dropped! The quiz has your animal news covered

NPR | By Holly J. Morris
Published November 8, 2024 at 5:00 AM EST
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Have you been hydrating?

Whether you answer "yes" or "no" isn't important. You either need water now, or you will soon. Everyone does.

Water is free and abundant, but we make it oddly hard to share. It's in bottles and expensive. It's not in the Brita someone didn't refill. It's in pipes, but the faucets are on private property.

So answer like this: "Are you hydrated?" Then offer something to drink.

Also, here's this week's quiz!

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Holly J. Morris works on NPR's Training team. She was an editor at The Washington Post Express, National Geographic and U.S. News and World Report, and a college teacher.