Science Fact of the Day September 24, 2009
Posted by spatialrift47 in SFoTD.trackback
Alchemists postulated a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and massless substance called phlogiston which was released upon combustion. Later, scientists postulated a round container called a trash bin into which they put the theory of phlogiston.
Yes, clearly false. The real Phlogiston is delicious.