Or A Nobel Prize In Physics

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Or A Nobel Prize In Physics

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The periodic table's version of "find me a unicorn." Discovering an element between hydrogen (atomic number 1) and helium (atomic number 2) would literally break the fundamental laws of physics. It's like asking a mathematician to find a whole number between 1 and 2. That painful pause wasn't just awkward date silence—it was the sound of a chemist's soul leaving their body while contemplating whether to launch into a lecture on atomic numbers or just nod and hope the appetizers arrive soon. If someone actually managed this impossible feat, they'd need to book their flight to Stockholm immediately. The Nobel committee would have a collective aneurysm trying to comprehend how someone rewrote the entire foundation of modern chemistry.

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