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Oh, The French! They Couldn't Settle Just For One Element

Chemistry Science

6 months ago 30.7K views 0 shares

Oh, The French! They Couldn't Settle Just For One Element

The French really went full patriotic in the periodic table! While Poland got one element (Polonium), Germany got Germanium, and India got Indium, the French couldn't help themselves and claimed TWO elements - Francium AND Gallium - complete with little berets! Classic French overachievement. Next thing you know, they'll rename Carbon to "Croissantium" and Oxygen to "Oui-xygen." The periodic table: where national pride meets scientific naming conventions in the most hilariously territorial way possible.

Silicon Valley Hierarchy

Engineering Materials Physics Tech

1 year ago 35.3K views 0 shares

Silicon Valley Hierarchy

Semiconductor humor at its finest. Germanium was the original semiconductor material used in early transistors, doing the job adequately. Then silicon came along with better electrical properties, higher temperature tolerance, and cheaper manufacturing costs—essentially doing "exactly what I do, but better." Just like how my lab partner claims to have "improved" my experimental design after changing one variable and getting marginally better results. The semiconductor hierarchy is brutal.