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Chain fountain (the "Mould Effect") (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I get what you're saying, but he's spent years investigating this subject, so it feels fair for him to be given some credit for it. No requirement that we name things after the literal person who discovered it, particularly because that's often impossible to prove.