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It’s hot.It’s hot in a way that has seen most major Texas cities hit three-digit temperatures every day this week (some clocking their hottest days of the year), and in a way that has almost the entirety of the state observing a relentless, big-red-all-caps EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. It’s hot in a way that has Texans, in every effort to stay cool, grasping at straws. Or, in this case, umbrellas.If you’re one of the nearly 150,000 people who shared a recent viral Facebook post that pictures an umbrella planted alongside an outdoor air-conditioning unit, you know what I’m talking about. Posted by the Corpus Christi Crónica, the post reads, “Will your air conditioner work better when it’s under shade? Yes, according to the Department of Energy,”…

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