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revenant:
revenant: one who returns after death or a long absence.

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September 19, 2011

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answers to questions kids ask
Q:
What happens when you put cold liquids in hot water?
A:

The liquids will come to equilibrium at a temperature in between the hot and the cold. Basically it will become the average temperature between the hot and the cold temperatures of the waters.

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