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A pizza box is built to carry grease as much as pizza

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Consider the pizza box: a flat, square cardboard miracle that exists solely to transport a round object to your living room. Its true genius isn't keeping the cheese warm; it's absorbing exactly enough grease to prevent structural collapse while you balance it on your lap during the car ride home.

A pizza box is built to carry grease as much as pizza
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