Spyke

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Based on a true story

I was sold a car with a 14% interest rate after being told I wouldnt be charged for interest if I paid it off in the first month, so I could pay it off when my CD popped that week. The bank then told me that I had to wait to pay it off until it "appeared in their systems". Turns out that happened right when interest ticked! Funny how that works

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We are so cooked

Remember that honey-producing bees are terrible pollenators compared to the specific pollenators who don't produce honey. The honey producing bees being kept by everyone are artifically outcompeting the specific pollenators, which are what we really need to be supporting.

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Heroes with super strength would be really out of shape

The number of calories it takes to lift an object of a given weight isn't affected by how dofficult it is for you. Per the law of conservation of energy, it takes a specific amount of energy to lift an object of a given weight a given height, just as much as it would have if you dropped it from that height in a vaccuum.

The actual reason they would be out of shape is because they wouldn't NEED to work out to be strong, since they're supernaturally gifted, so they just wouldn't