April Fool's Day Chemistry Jokes

March 31, 2014 8:09 PM EDT

Every April first, we are barraged with April Fool’s Day humor of widely varying quality. Not to be outdone, the American Chemical Society gets into the act this year with some highly-specialized jokes and puns. Some will laugh, many will groan, but everyone gets a quick refresher on the Periodic Table. And who doesn’t want that?

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