stackyFACTSThe ultimate proof that sleeping on the job is productive. Dmitri Mendeleev struggled for months to organize the known elements. Exhausted, he fell asleep at his desk and claimed the perfect tabular arrangement magically appeared to him in a dream. He woke up, scribbled it down, and changed chemistry forever.
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