Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny flec…

Diane Ackerman
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Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time. ✨ Diane Ackerman (2011). The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds, p.27, Vintage
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