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Meet the Twinkie of particle physics: the muon.

 

The muon is the sponge cake of elementary particles. It’s plump, basic, easy to mass-produce and disappears quickly—much like a Twinkie.

 

The rebuttal

 

Second, despite our relatively long lifespan, we are nothing like a Twinkie, which seems to have an infinite shelf life.

 

Much like Wonder Bread, the Twinkie's expiration date is "You should live so long"

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