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It is obvious that a lower temperature is not feasible because there is no velocity smaller than zero and no energy content less than nothing.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[57],{"id":58,"tag":59},4858981,{"id":60,"tag_name":61},6124,"absolute",{"id":63,"quote_text":64,"author_id":5,"source_id":31,"has_image":18,"author":65,"source":66,"quote_tag":67,"commentary":9},1869474,"When I was running the marathons in Munich, I always trained by myself. Between the demands of graduate work and a young family, I had to train at unusual hours. 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