Boiling points

... do not agree fully with what is above, but I think that there are a few points that are woth mentioning: - what you are describing (92ºC for 2min) ... to predict accurately what temperature will be reached before it starts boiling (usually "explosively") nor how long you can maintain ...

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... it lost the ability to fly. We hunted it to extinction. - the points in this para have been covered in previous paragraphs. Accepted theory ... to survive in some very inhospitable situations. Bacteria can live in boiling geysers. Shrimp can live in water so salty that it poisons everything ...

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