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chime on July 4, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Live CERN Higgs Announcement in 20 Mins

Peter Higgs just teared up. This is amazing.

mkramlich on July 4, 2012 [–]

I heard once that when Peter Higgs tears up, each teardrop is 126.5 GeV.

And now it has been confirmed to 5 sigma. :)

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