Nerdy Science Blog

Just read this from December 2007 Reader’s Digest.

Too much information is not always a good thing. I was at a drugstore trying to decide between two types of rubbing alcohol. Both appeared to be the same, so I called my husband, a chemical engineer. “What’s the difference between isopropyl rubbing alcohol and ethyl rubbing alcohol?” I asked.

“Easy,” he said. “One carbon atom.”

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