Oldest rocks and jokes from a San Diego humor column
A fragment from the San Diego Herald for Feb 4 presents a quiz spoof from a fictitious dictionary of arts and sciences. It lists geology and chemistry questions with punning replies such as oldest rock track of ages and dangerous formations as traps.
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