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Elemental Audio Visual

A chemistry friend shared this cover of Lehrer's classic litany of the elements:



It's worth the 85 seconds it takes to watch! The subtext is fascinating....when the elements flash by you can see the alternate searches Google is proposing. The searches for oxygen bars, I get, but how many people really need to know the price of lutetium? ($5.89 per gram for 99.9% pure lutetium metal here, or $13.99 per gram for "used" on eBay — your choice, act fast if you want to bid, though).

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H/T to Dr. Lisa!

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