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Should Neutron Stars be Added to the Periodic Table? (jabde.com)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

As such, they are the densest known material outside of Twitter, at around 1017 kg/m3. For American readers unfamiliar with SI units, that means a pair of truck-nuts1 made of neutron star would weigh as much as ten million aircraft carriers.

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We thank the management of the Alien-Life Molestation Array (ALMA) for allowing us to piss around with their telescopes, while they were having lunch.

I didn't understand most of the middle but, but it was a funny read and goddamn are the writers on point.