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xkcd #2913: Periodic Table Regions (imgs.xkcd.com)
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Cesium-133, let it be. Cesium-134, let it be even more.

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[โ€“] kofe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But why is boron specialer

[โ€“] orphiebaby@lemm.ee -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Boron" rhymes with "moron", but we can't say that anymore because it's politically-incorrect, so we say "special". /jk