Myths & mysteries
Early scientists confused bismuth with lead for centuries
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Being absolutely certain about something doesn't prevent you from being entirely wrong for hundreds of years. Bismuth, a heavy, brittle metal, was constantly misidentified as just a slightly weirder version of lead. Entire esoteric treatises were written about its transformative properties by guys who literally had no idea what element they were holding.
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