Friday, April 27, 2007

Superman is a Serb ...

Kryptonite, or something very like it, has been found in Serbia - prompting proud countryfolk to claim Superman as their own. Granted, that they also took it as scientific proof of their being God's children may have been a trifle excessive but the discovery of sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide was cause for celebration. Pity though that the newly discovered mineral is white, not standard Kryptonite green and that the new find cannot be called Kryptonite. Under international naming rules, that's already taken - by krypton the gas (a real element on the Periodic Table).
NOTE: this is not the first time there have been rumours of Superman in Siberia. Way back in August 2005, Ananova carried reports of a
Serbian Superman.

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