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xkcd #3115: Unsolved Physics Problems (imgs.xkcd.com)

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'Tin pest' makes more sense to me. Tin just doesn't want to be locked down in a shape like that. I get it. But why would any metal want to grow hair??

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[-] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 week ago

Did he found a cure for baldness?

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 11 points 1 week ago

Well, if you are willing to coat your head with copper and some tin on top, you can grow yourself some tin whiskers. Yet, I don't know if they make a good replacement for hair.

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

There is no cure for baldness, else Bezos would have a mane.

[-] Honytawk@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

No, but those zinc ingots now have great mustaches!

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