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Green tea provides self-defense for your body—in more ways than one. A quick-thinking Tokyo woman thwarted a violent robber by fixing him a cup of tea after he forced his way into her home. The cash-seeking criminal was armed with a knife, but the young woman, seeking to protect herself and her six-month-old child, hoped the tea would defuse the situation, said authorities. Apparently the gesture worked, because the robber drank his tea, set down his weapon, and even monologued about himself for twenty minutes, a classic villain move ripped right from the Pixar movie The Incredibles. Afterward, the brave supermom gave the thief 10,000 yen, which amounts to approximately $100, and escaped out of the apartment to a nearby pay phone. The calmed hoodlum was gone by the time police arrived, and is still on the loose. Maybe Tokyo’s finest should set out a few tea-baited traps along the street, or we could send Dr. Phil to help the troubled robber sort out his problems.