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[–] ExhaleSmile@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And where's the donut dangling in front of the guy in the hamster wheel? Horrible representation...

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

The dangling donut was actually an innovation of the Dutch (who invented the donut); before that, hamster wheels had to make do with only 12% the efficiency of later hamster wheels.