The following is an actual question given on a McGill University chemistry mid-term Exam paper:
    Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyles Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:
    First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So, we need to know the rate that sou...
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