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The Infinite Monkey Cage

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The Origins of Alchemy

Alchemists were kind of the precursors to today's chemists, right? They were the ones that were regularly experimenting with matter. Could you imagine playing Dungeons & Dragons with someone who works at CERN? I reckon there's a lot of games of that being played. And not anymore even, so it's saline now. But... If we could invent a smart boob, though, that would be really good.

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