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In 2017, Gallup did a poll that found that five percent of Americans identified as vegetarian and three percent as…
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TGIF!!!! Two scenarios seem equally possible here: 1) We get a single new Avatar movie that costs $900 million to make, performs poorly at the box office, and nearly bankrupts Disney, or 2) We have to stomach an Avatar movie every Christmas like the new incarnation of Star Wars.
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As if this week hasn’t been enough already, we still have to contend with Halloween, that annual celebration of…