What is an anapole?

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∙ 9y ago

Updated: 8/21/2019

An anapole is an electromagnetic moment found in certain atomic nuclei.

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Where did the phrase bob's your uncle come from?

Well, there's many variations of the story. Some say it came from it comes from a joke where a man claimed he could make his parrot say anything. But when his friends told him to make it say "uncle" it wouldn't. In anger he grabbed the bird by the neck and yelled "Say uncle!" and threw it into a pen of chickens. When he looked in the pen nine of the chickens where dead and the parrot was standing over it saying "Say uncle!" But that joke is just one of the many stories given as an answer. Another theory is it was derived from the old Irish word "Anapole" (I'm not too sure on the spelling) Which means mercy. This theory was spawned when Irish settlers with nothing better to do would beat each other up for fun until the other cried "Anapole" or mercy. That's my two cents on the matter. But as I've said before, there's many stories.

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