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Plastic device inserted into beer cans to give the beer a creamier head. Pressurized gas, trapped in the widget during canning, is released through a tiny nozzle when the can is opened. The first widget, introduced by Guinness in 1989, released pressurized nitrogen.



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Tall boys who are expected to love basketball, the Andrew who is routinely called "Andy," and frog collectors sick of receiving dozens of ordinary frog doodads for every possible occasion might understand what I mean.
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