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| - Buckminsterfullerene, a naturally occurring fullerene molecule found in small quantities in soot. As any chemistry undergrad should be able to tell you, Croto, Kurl and Smalley at Rice University won the Nobel Price in Chemistry, 1996 for the discovery of this spherical (actually a truncated icosahedron), but like anyone else with a bachelor's degree in chemistry who didn't pursue chemistry I have no idea why this is important. The molecule resembles a soccer ball in configuration, hence the common nickname, "Buckyballs," and because of name of the mascot at UW Madison, the neodymium magnet toys, "Bucky balls" are sold here. Why am I giving you this trivial information? Because the idiot salesperson didn't know what the toy "bucky balls" was named after and didn't want to hear my explanation (no it wasn't busy), so it's been pent up inside of me since I was in the store and it had to come out somewhere.
Good selection of books, University of Wisconsin souvenirs, alumni clothing, and pretty good coffee. But somewhat uneducated cashiers.
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