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How about some post tax day humor. Enjoy.
MAJOR U.S. RESEARCH UNIVERSITY DISCOVERS NEW ELEMENT!
The heaviest element known to science was recently
discovered by investigators at a major U.S. research
university. The element, tentatively named Administratium,
has no protons or electrons and thus has an atomic number
of 0. However, it does have 1 neutron, 125 assistant
neutrons, 75 vice neutrons, and 111 assistant vice
neutrons. This gives it an atomic mass of 312.
These 312 particles are held together by a force that
involves the continuous exchange of meson-like particles
called morons. It is also surrounded by vast quantities of
lepton-like particles called peons.
Since it has no electrons, Administratium is inert.
However, it can be detected chemically as it impedes every
reaction it comes in contact with. According to the
discoverers, a minute amount of Administratium causes one
reaction to take over four days to complete when it would
have normally occurred in less than one second.
Administratium has a normal half-life of approximately
three years, at which time it does not decay, but instead
undergoes a reorganization in which assistant neutrons,
vice neutrons, and assistant vice neutrons exchange places.
In fact, an Administratium sample's mass actually INCREASES
over time, since with each reorganization some of the
morons inevitably become neutrons, forming new isotopes.
This characteristic of moron promotion leads some
scientists to speculate that perhaps Administratium is
spontaneously formed whenever morons reach a certain
quantity in concentration. This hypothetical quantity is
referred to as "critical morass."
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