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It is the fact that the electrons cannot all get on top of each other that makes tables and everything else solid.
Richard P. Feynman
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Richard P. Feynman
Age: 69 †
Born: 1918
Born: May 11
Died: 1988
Died: February 15
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Far Rockaway
New York
Richard Phillips Feynman
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