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Qwerinty

by zen death robot

weird posted:

blaise: i call it the mega pascal
scientific community: thats stupid we're not calling it a mega pascal
blaise: it's called a mega pascal
scientific community: its not happening dude
blaise (final words): remember my greatest invention...the mega pascal
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scientific community: fine.....

TWIST FIST posted:

pascal: so then when you divide by the area the result is 1 killerpascal
other scientist: dude we've been over this. its pronounced "kilo"
pascal: dont make me kill you

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Qwerinty

by zen death robot
blaise pascal, an impatient, short-tempered man, forgot to tell them what the pascal actually measures so the scientists made it measure stress as a way to get back at him

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Qwerinty

by zen death robot

posting smiling posted:

in his study of shapes sierpinski invented the sierpinski triangle, which he described as "just infinite triangles". it wasn't until someone told him that didn't count as a shape that he came up with the idea of putting them in a fractal pattern.


beer pal posted:

the guy who invented the ton when he heard about the newton: =-/

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by zen death robot

posting smiling posted:

18th century italian play boy, alessandro volta, used to sing the song "danger! high voltage" to pick up women in clubs. later, scientists pioneering the study of electricity drew a comparison between the sensation of being electrocuted and the song's "electrifying" attitude, and named the famous unit in his honor

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