stackyFACTSWhile you complain about tepid coffee, certain microscopic tough guys are living their absolute best lives in incredibly corrosive hot springs. By possessing wildly modified, super-stable proteins, they comfortably metabolize and reproduce in bubbling pools that would instantly dissolve a shoe.
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