In 1890, the German chemist Friedrich Kekulé woke up from a dream. After spending a few decades trying to figure out the chemical structure of benzene, the dream had revealed the secret. What he saw was a kinky green snake with the masochistic idea to eat its own tail. Whether the self-destruction of such a […]
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I was not aware that snow does in fact, on a sunny day, cause snow blindness and when the snow is uninterrupted , can cause the ground to appear to be glowing with a hot yellow-white that looks like a cartoon gold mine just below the surface of the snow, or the sun twice removed. […]
It's a Beautiful Day I Need a Drink 