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[–] amanaftermidnight@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Scientist: Finds the most useless element.
Also scientist: Names it after France πŸ’€πŸ’€

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well, they already got Gallium. (Gaul)

Gallium explodes people who call it a stupid element. (it used in the plutonium pits of atomic bombs)

I'll probably remember francium forever now, so there's that.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wikipedia's hall of fame of stupid edit wars has some pretty entertaining sections.

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

most wikipedia thing ever to start the joke page with a link to the article defining β€œhumor”.