stackyFACTSNormal springs get exponentially harder to pull the further you stretch them. Constant-force springs, found inside tape measures, are just tight coils of flat steel ribbon. Because only the outer loop unrolls at any given time, the physical pull resistance remains stubbornly identical from the first inch to the very end.
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