Your tea kettle will come to a boil a lot faster if once you (a) fill it, you (b) actually turn on the burner.
Now you know. And knowing is half the battle. Or, at least, half of getting your tea made.
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And here is a case where a watched kettle may have actually boiled. ;P
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