Mercury, god of thermometers
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Who remembers mercury? Itwasthatstuffyounever really got to know till the thermometer broke. Then, if you were lucky enough to catch it, you could play with it. Just one thermometer’s worth wasn’t enough for much fun.
A friend of mine had a brother with an impressive stashofmercury.Hemust’ve broken several thermometers to put together such an amount—maybeateaspoon or more. He kept it in a…