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Dave Wilton

04 Aug 2023 • 1 min read
europium
A 300g block of pure Europium

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smoot

I usually don’t write up novelty words, but smoot has a neat ironic twist that is impossible to ignore. A smoot is a unit of linear measure equal to 1.7018 meters (5 feet, 7 inches). It is named after Oliver Reed Smoot, Jr. (b. 1940). The smoot grew
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