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I learned how to spell aurihydrargyrumite. This obscure mineral forms as submicron thick crusts on metallic gold grains in river sediment, in river systems where there is enough dissolved mercury (either from pollution or natural cinnabar) in the water to actually weather away gold.

While it is true that overpopulation can make every problem worse, global population growth has been quite low lately, currently at roughly 1% a year. Best estimates indicate growth will likely continue to decline before leveling off at or slightly below replacement by the end of this century...

They used the same excuse "violence and sexualization", when they tried to ban "Larry the Farting Leprechaun" from the Llano county library. There might be a little more of these in some manga than in Larry, but thats why there are age ratings on the backs of most manga. Really I think it is...

Harems are really just polycules pretending to be straight. Exploring the relationship between harem members is core to the genre.

Not to me, because the C- word scares me. Or rather, it implies a certain level of possessiveness that I am not comfortable with in my own romantic engagements. I neither like reading about such possessively romantic characters.

Personally, I see killing off a character (or otherwise removing them from the story) who has served their narrative purpose as sort of the author's job. What I don't like, is if a character's death drags on for several chapters. Even if the character in question is sick with "cancer" or maybe...

All those cultivation pills gradually addled their brains. Don't do drugs kids.

I enjoy villains who's motivation is their own personal suffering, but relief can come only from destroying the world. Perhaps they are the literal embodiment of the humans pain, or maybe that shining utopia actually uses their agony as an energy source. Either way, their their simple and...

Puns, especially from villains. Nothing complements the demon overlord's monologue quite like a well placed pun.

I learned that the amount of energy required to break off the electron from an isolated ground state hydrogen atom is 13.5 electron volts.

Anger. Justified or not, I can't see someone who quickly or easily gets mad as a romantic interest or even a potential friend.

If it bothers your stomach, I'm guessing you drank a lighter roast coffee? Darker roasts destroy most of the tannins, which are probably the culprit of an upset stomach. This actually is not true. While coffee is slightly acidic, other common foods or drinks are much stronger. Coffee is about...

Every fluffy eared organism within reach of my arm gets a few ear skritches.

How well do you know this girl? It this like a "second date and still barely know each other" kind of thing? Just been talking to her casually, when one of you recently suggested going out a little more seriously? If so, this doesn't really sound like much of an event, at worst a mild insult...

What kind of meat is this? Is it "manga meat"? That thing with a bone stuck through a thick cylinder of supposed animal product? So that, battered and deep fried, and then coated with rainbow sprinkles. On a hotdog bun. Ya know just for giggles lets pour chocolate syrope on it too. From here, at...

The philosopher's stone is obviously a large single crystal silicon mononitride (pure SiN).

The letter 'n' is not allowed, because in the Japanese hiragana syllabic characters, the character for 'n' (nearly) never starts any words. Words starting with the 'n' phonetic sound are (almost) always matched with the characters for 'na' 'ni' 'nu' 'ne' or 'no' instead. Although there do exist...

I don't really understand what the "real world" is, but I doubt I have ever lived there. The world I live in is made from particles, forces, waves and equations, and those behave even less predictably than politicians.

The legendary indestructible sword Unobtanium! Unfortunately you only now realize as the dragon roars at you. It dropped out of its scabbard as you crossed that rope bridge yesterday. At least you still have your backup weapon, the mace you bought at the cheapside market last year, rusty-nail-bat.

It sounds like you almost forgot your logic in the fridge.