# I don't know the answer to the question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-the-answer-to-the-question/94949>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 23, 2001, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-the-answer-to-the-question/94949 "2001-11-23T21:36:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-the-answer-to-the-question/94949/1 "2001-11-23T21:36:54Z")

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I just want to point out that someone above said “take it for granite” instead of “take it for granted” and no one else noticed. That’s funny.

🙂

-Kris

PS Not trying to give you a hard time, it’s just funny…

PPS I am pretty sure that you can predict the properties of an element from its atomic weight etc, so even if there were only two atoms of Francium on the planet, scientists would know what state it would be in at room temperature. Could be wrong about that. I don’t know what STP or CRC mean, but I did make a wiseass comment so I think I am excused. Or something. Ironically.

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-the-answer-to-the-question/94949/2 "2001-11-23T21:40:29Z")

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I believe this was meant as a reply to this thread: [Is Mercury the Only Liquid Element?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=100559)

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-the-answer-to-the-question/94949/3 "2001-11-23T21:40:56Z")

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That is supposed to be in the “mercury” thread. My deepest, most sincere and abject apologies.

-Kris

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-the-answer-to-the-question/94949/4 "2001-11-23T21:45:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Kris Rhodes \*  
> \*\*That is supposed to be in the “mercury” thread. My deepest, most sincere and abject apologies.
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> -Kris \*\*

Yeah… your posting to the wrong thread makes it sort of a mute point.

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-the-answer-to-the-question/94949/5 "2001-11-23T22:16:38Z")

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Why don’t you C&P your response to the correct thread, Kris? I’m gonna close this one.