This Telephone Water Bottle Is the Talk of Second Grade

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The other day, senior editor Winnie Yang overheard her 8-year-old daughter and her friend chit-chatting about the status water bottle among their second-grade classmates. It’s not a Stanley (or an Owala) — it’s a “telephone water bottle.” Curious? Let us explain.

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