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E=mc^2 states that energy is mass and mass is energy. Therefore if you add heat energy to a body its mass increases. For example when water is heated in a microwave oven; the oven adds about 1.11x10^-17 of mass for every joule of heat added to the water. This is a tiny amount but a change none the less.

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