I was reading a post about unique things you wouldn’t want, such as a nasty medical condition named after you.

That got me thinking.

What is the most unique thing.

Being the tallest person doesn’t count, because there is always a tallest person…

I thought maybe units of measure, there are not really that many units named after people. Newton, Pascal, ampere etc… Turns out there are quite a few.

Next thought was atomic elements, there are 19 named after 20 people. That is fairly unique 20 people out of the ~110 billion to have ever lived, have an element named after them.

      • ch00f@lemmy.world
        3·
        3 months ago

        Ah, I remember finding it on stumbleupon like 20 years ago. I always thought it odd that there was no video or follow up story.

        Hunted for a link at 1am last night and wasn’t really paying attention. Plus the whole thing grossed me out, so I didn’t look too closely.

        Sorry for wasting everyone’s time.

      • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
        1·
        3 months ago

        … To which i fell victim. Thanks to the commenter before you for wasting time. And thanks to the world being weird enough to make me believe this without hesitation.

        • Iapar@feddit.org
          3·
          3 months ago

          Me too^^

          I was shouting to a friend sitting next to me “look at that shit! I can’t believe it! Why! Why would someone do this shit?! Its fucking nuts I mean lo… Oh nevermind…”

          • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
            1·
            3 months ago

            Yeah like that 😁 But I’m on the net since day1 and i stopped asking WHY a long time ago 😂