Back in 1930, a scientist wasn't being very careful and discovered element 87, which he called "virginium." Turns out he didn't really discover it. They did discover it a few years later and called it "francium."
But if you go look up old chemistry textbooks sometimes you'll find "virginium" and others that didn't make the cut.
I wonder if years from now some teenager's going to crack open an old science textbook and wonder what the hell this "pluto" thing is they keep talking about.
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