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(stolen from [livejournal.com profile] n_true)

The Elements
Lyrics by Tom Lehrer
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Flash Animation by Mike Stanfill

Lovely.

Date: Tuesday, 15 July 2003 08:35 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zach.livejournal.com
That rocks.

Date: Tuesday, 15 July 2003 09:50 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elgrande.livejournal.com
Are the elements in this song arranged in a certain order?
Sorry, my knowledge of Chemistry is pretty poor.

Date: Tuesday, 15 July 2003 10:21 (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] pne.livejournal.com
I think the order is basically "something that gives a decent rhythm and rhymes as well, where possible". That is, no particular order by alphabet or atomic mass or anything logical like that. (Though occasionally, some are grouped together by first letter.)

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