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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I once had a chemistry professor who would collect samples of like dirt and other things whenever he went to places remote enough where he figured other chemists hadn't studied, because he thought you just never know when you're going to run across a new compound.