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.
Ad hoc weapons (Vjatsjeslav Mikhajlovitsj Molotov)?
For length there is a Smoot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot
Edit: it’s 1.702 metres/ 5’7"
I love the Smoot; but for weird units of measure… gestures vaguely in the direction of North America
Being the first to do x, first man on the moon for example. Or be the 28th president
While true, I don’t think it counts.
There are a huge number of firsts, that have subsequently had a lot of people do that thing.
However only 12 people have walked on the moon. So more unique than the elements.
~~How about these two? (Tw: extreme body mods) https://news.bme.com/2013/03/06/adding-and-subtracting/~~
… 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.
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…”
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.
atomic elements, there are 19 named after 20 people.
What do you mean? There’s one named after two persons?
