Furthermore, petroleum sulfonate was not readily dissolved and its aqueous solution was susceptible to stratification when the reaction time was 0 min because of its high free oil content, while at an extended reaction condition, the sulfonate solution was aqueous with a tea-like color but not galactoid.

A tradition dating back to the Middle Ages, these boisterous celebrations invariably involve food, dancing, music and, of course, bottles and bottles of the region’s specialty booze: burcak, partly fermented wine that is very sweet and very, very potent.

There was me, Eddie, Wilco and a guy called Bobby Thomlinson who we never went around with much because he wore a lot of crushed velvet and had bumfluff. Our thinking was he could get the tickets because, thanks to the bumfluff on his face, he looked much, much older than the fourteen-years-old that he was.

The most elusive element of all, however, appears to be francium, which is so rare that it is thought that our entire planet may contain, at any given moment, fewer than twenty francium atoms.