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We’ve palled around with tin for thousands of years, but you should know that it’s a fair-weather friend.
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48. Cadmium: Don’t You Know That You’re Toxic?
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Cadmium will let you choose among a range of orange-ish hues, but it’s some pretty awful news if you contract the “cadmium blues.”
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42. Molybdenum: Conventional Weapons
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Before we talk about one big gun, let’s discuss 1,500 years of military technology.
36. Krypton: It’s A Metric
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Like argon, today’s noble gas coincidentally features prominently in science fiction — albeit in name only. But krypton also takes a place in the science factual story of international weights and measures.