What happens if you write in Kermit the Frog for president? Well, not only won't he get elected, but you'll probably just make everyone's job a little harder.

BIG QUESTIONS
For children of a certain age, there are few things more amazing than blowing out a birthday candle only to have it relight—as if by magic!—soon after the flame has been extinguished.
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