I was reading a post about unique things you wouldn’t want, such as a nasty medical condition named after you.

That got me thinking.

What is the most unique thing.

Being the tallest person doesn’t count, because there is always a tallest person…

I thought maybe units of measure, there are not really that many units named after people. Newton, Pascal, ampere etc… Turns out there are quite a few.

Next thought was atomic elements, there are 19 named after 20 people. That is fairly unique 20 people out of the ~110 billion to have ever lived, have an element named after them.

  • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzOPEnglish
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    3 months ago

    While true, I don’t think it counts.

    There are a huge number of firsts, that have subsequently had a lot of people do that thing.

    However only 12 people have walked on the moon. So more unique than the elements.