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Mercury is:

  • the name of a God in the ancient Roman pantheon
  • the name of the planet closest to the sun
  • a component in a thermometer - if you consider a mercury thermometer.

But mercury thermometers are being phased out because of the potential health hazards from mercury released from broken and discarded thermometers.

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