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Periodic Table: 22 Titanium

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Strip by: David Morgan-Mar, Andrew Coker, Steven Irrgang

T-Rex: T-Rex presents The Periodic Table:
T-Rex: 22 TITANIUM
T-Rex: A metal with exceptional strength to weight ratio. Used to make golf balls white, as the pigment titanium dioxide.
T-Rex: Titanium was first found in Cornwall, making it Cornish!
Utahraptor: I like Cornish pasties!
T-Rex: Dude, I'm trying to be scientific here!
Caption: LATER:
T-Rex: After eating 7 Cornish pasties I conclude I like then at the 95% confidence level.

The author writes:

Inspired by a thought experiment in which we tried to determine how many samples you'd need to take in a blind taste test to conclude - with rigorous statistical significance - that you can tell the difference between pavlova and blue cheese.