Today I Learned (TIL)
Ullallulloo
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TIL that no one knows what the "p" in "pH" stands for
https://www.nature.com/articles/nchem.750.epdf"Power" (or "Potenz" or "puissance") is the most common claim, but potential, pondus, and percent are also common. When the original author designated it, he implied that it was just a random mathematical letter, akin to x, and that it didn't stand for anything, although from context one could argue it stood for potential?
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