Tom Forsyth on Nostr: TIL - the sugar "galactose" sounds really awesome because GALACTIC amirite? But it's ...
TIL - the sugar "galactose" sounds really awesome because GALACTIC amirite? But it's actually called that because it's "ga lactose" - which just means "from milk" in Greek. Because it's one of the sugars in milk.
...which had me thinking wait so where does "galaxy" come from anyway oh no it's not just Greek for... yes, yes it is. "Galaxy" is literally just "milky way" in Greek.
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