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It was 1979, a stifling hot day on a Texas construction site. A worker was consuming a cold one when he noticed that the nearby tubing installation material fit perfectly around his can. The makeshift sleeve helped to keep his drink crisp and his fingers dry. He named it “Koozie,” a jazzed-up version of his grandmother’s teapot-warming “cozy.” Each summer (and into fall, winter, and spring), Texans across the state pull koozies from their pockets, their purses, and their glove compartments and slip them onto cans to keep the liquids contained therein from becoming as warm as the rest of us. With summer temperatures now reaching and maintaining solid triple digits throughout the summer, a koozie feels like a necessary, functional accessory—one that allows its user…

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