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vinceguidry
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What are pliers doing in the actinides??
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theodoregray
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The entire row of actinides is "grabbing and squeezing" tools, except at the end where I have "unsqueezing" tools (spreaders and jacks, which are spreaders to separate things from the earth). Similarly the lanthanides are measuring tools.
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