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Can I lick it? The dining room periodic table

Rob Beschizza
Feb 28, 2026
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Can I lick it? is the periodic table of elements as befits the table where you eat. It’s been so widely copied that the original is hard to discern, but this image on Imgur [via Jason Kottke] might be it. Some of its conclusions strike me as suspiciously encouraging: I would not lick uranium under any circumstances. Or calcium! It’s now incarnated in ev…

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