I was reading a post about unique things you wouldn’t want, such as a nasty medical condition named after you.
That got me thinking.
What is the most unique thing.
Being the tallest person doesn’t count, because there is always a tallest person…
I thought maybe units of measure, there are not really that many units named after people. Newton, Pascal, ampere etc… Turns out there are quite a few.
Next thought was atomic elements, there are 19 named after 20 people. That is fairly unique 20 people out of the ~110 billion to have ever lived, have an element named after them.
Most isolated person https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Worden
Saving the world from nuclear war is a good unique one:
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For length there is a Smoot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot
Edit: it’s 1.702 metres/ 5’7"
Having a species named after you, even if you’re a fictional character
Testudo Aubreii
Ad hoc weapons (Vjatsjeslav Mikhajlovitsj Molotov)?
atomic elements, there are 19 named after 20 people.
What do you mean? There’s one named after two persons?
Curium is named after both Pierre and Marie Curie
Curieous!
Being the first to do x, first man on the moon for example. Or be the 28th president
While true, I don’t think it counts.
There are a huge number of firsts, that have subsequently had a lot of people do that thing.
However only 12 people have walked on the moon. So more unique than the elements.
The first person to be the 28th President
He was number 1!
How about these two? (Tw: extreme body mods) https://news.bme.com/2013/03/06/adding-and-subtracting/
Being a complex oragism is pretty special, to think that so many potential civilizations have met Great Filters and not survived enough to grow past having a large body, let alone the challenge of climate change is telling of the unique phase we find ourselves in.
You dont know any of this.