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   chjara (chjara@snowdin.town)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 20:17:18 JST chjara

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   oh, because osmium tetroxide is smelly and well osmium was discovered and named like 5 times independently apparently but that's the one that stuck
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     chjara (chjara@snowdin.town)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 20:17:20 JST chjara
     also why is osmium named after the word for smell. it's a dense iridium group metal it's like the opposite of volatile and smelly