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Personally I think mercury is more of a 'wet earth' hybrid element.

https://explainxkcd.com/2975/

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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Aren't all elements after Uranium radioactive? I expected a larger "fire" area.

[โ€“] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago

According to a comment on explainxkcd it's half-life under 1 day for "fire".