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Yes. because water breaks down the papers structure and also makes it weak. then when it dries it's smaller then it was before. and more brittle too.

not shore if you leave it in the water if it will be as fast but I'm shore it will decompose over time

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water will, and heat will, but both, inexcessiveamounts, will hinder it

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