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Cesium-133, let it be. Cesium-134, let it be even more.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 months ago (6 children)

"super fancy protons" is special in its own

but boron is specialer.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Can you explain for an idiot.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A hydrogen ion doesn't necessarily have a neutron, making it sort of a fancy proton, with a little friend somewhere around.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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

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