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The War on Cakes
Sam likes chocolate cake. He likes to eat lots and lots of chocolate cake. Unfortunately, because Sam likes to eat lots and lots of chocolate cake, Sam is 539 pounds and will probably die young because of that incredibly delicious chocolate cake. Mary is his next-door-neighbor in his nice neighborhood. Mary sees how Sam likes to eat lots and lots of cake. Mary recognizes that this is obesity and is going to mess up his life. She knows that eating the cake is going to cause him to probably die much, much younger than not eating it. Mary knows that Sam is not the only one. So she starts a nation-wide campaign in an effort to … Read entire article »
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