http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20445 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:59:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20445/comment-page-1#comment-108952 Andréa Fernandes Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:18:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20445#comment-108952 Diana: That is funny! I had no idea that flavins flouresce. Diana: That is funny! I had no idea that flavins flouresce.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20445/comment-page-1#comment-108950 Diana Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:14:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20445#comment-108950 It's funny to me that a guy named "Flavin" worked with fluorescent lights - flavins are a family of organic compounds (riboflavin is Vitamin B2) that will in fact fluoresce under the right light due to their chemical structure. It's probably just funny to me... It’s funny to me that a guy named “Flavin” worked with fluorescent lights – flavins are a family of organic compounds (riboflavin is Vitamin B2) that will in fact fluoresce under the right light due to their chemical structure. It’s probably just funny to me…

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