The Periodic Table (contributors   include Bob Gayhart and Dean Campbell)

Group 1A (H Li Na K Rb Cs Fr):

• Highly Nasty Kids Rub Cats Fur
• Hans liebt Natuerliche Kaese reibt (ueber) (c)zentralsued Frankreich.   (!)

Group 2A (Be Mg Ca Sr Ba Ra):

• Bearded Muggers Came Straight Back Rapidly.
• Beer Mugs Can Serve Bar Rats.

Group 3 (B Al Ga In Tl):

• Big Al Garner’s In Trouble.
• Big All Gave in Tulsa.
• Big Al Gave Incomplete Totals.
• Big Al Gave Innocent Toys.
• Bob Allen Gave Indians Tennis Lessons.
• Bears Always Give Indians Trouble.

Group 4A (C Si Ge Sn Pb):

• Can Silly Germans Snatch Lead?
• Conniving Sisters Get Snotty Playboys.
• Can Si Get Snuckered at the Pub?

Group 5 (N P As Sb Bi):

• New Popes Assign Subordinate Bishops.
• Never Put Arsenic in Silver Bullet Beer.

Group 6A (O S Se Te Po):

• Oil is slicker with STP.
• Old Soldiers Seem Terribly Polluted.
• Oversized Sailors Sell and Tell about Polo cologne.
• Oh, she sells the poles.

Group 7A (F Cl Br I At):

• Frank Cleverly Brought Indian Attire.
• Fairy Clowns Broil Innocent Ants.
• Fat Clyde Bribed Innocent Arthur.
• “Floor Cleaner Broken?” I asked.

Group 8A (He Ne Ar Kr Xe Rn):

• He Never Arrived; Karen eXited with Ron.
• He needs our crazy Xerox repairman.

First Row Transition Metals (Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu   Zn):

• St. Vincent Cried “Mommy!” Feeling Cold Next to   Cold Zombies.
• Scott Tips Very Counterfeit Money, Feels Cold Near Cubic Zircons.
• Scary Tiny Vicious Creatures Mean Females Come Nightly to Club   Z.
• Scotty Vickerman Fee cony cousin.
• Scott tickled Vanna’s cranium, manager Fred could not cut   in.

Second Row Transition Metals (Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag   Cd):

• Yes sir, Nob. Most technicians rub Rod’s pale silver Cadillac.

Third Row Transition Metals (La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au   Hg):

• Larry’s half taken, Wendy reached out her plate audibly,   Helga.

Lanthanides (Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu):

• Caesar Procrastinated at the Nile, Permitting So Many Europeans   (who were) Getting Turbid (and) Dying (of) Home Urges (erges?)   To Yell “Lutetium!”.
• Cecil proudly named Pam, Sam, (and) Eugene. Good Tobin dyes   hosiery early tomorrow yellow-blue.

Actinides (Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr):

• Three planets: Uranus, Neptune, (and) Pluto.  Amy cured Berkeley,   California. Einstein (and) Fermi made noble laws.

• My Very Easy Method Just Simplifies Us Naming Planets
• My Very Easy Mother Just Sat on Uncle Ned!
• My Very Easy Method, Just Say You Know Planets
• My Very Easy Method Just Set Up Nothing
• My Very Easy Method: Just Sleep Until Noon
• Mother Very Thoughtfully Made a Jelly Sandwich Under No Protest
• My Very Elderly Mother Just Sat on Uncle Neds Parrot
• Mom Visits Every Monday, Just Stays Until Noon, Period
• My very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets
• My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles
• Most Volcanoes Errupt Mullberry Jam Sandwhiches Under Normal Pressures
• My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nectarines
• Mercury Viewed Earth’s Many Aspects Joyfully Sitting Under Neptune
• My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos
• Mary’s Violet Eyes Make Johnny Stand Up Now Period
• My Very Easy Method: Just SUN
• My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets
• Some Mothers Vanish Through Making a believable Jester, so uniforms’ names pride.
• Many Violent Evil Maniacs Join Swiftly Under Nationalism.
• Murky conVention’s Efforts Mar *Series
• Men Very Easily Make A Jug Serve Useful Needs
• Most Volcanoes Errupt Mullberry Jam Sandwiches Under Neptune
• Some Mothers Vanish Through Making a believable Jester, so uniforms’ names pride.

Explanation

Mnemonic device to remember the the planets orbiting the Sun.
The first letter of each word gives you the first letter of the planets, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.

In 2006, a committee of astronomers elected that Pluto should not be classified as a planet. They considered how there are dwarf planets such as dwarf planet UB313 also known as Eris; and Pluto has certain similarities with that ‘dwarf planet’ classification rather than ‘planet’ classification. My acrostic sentence tries to mention the context of how the list of planets became what it currently is.

Taking the first prominent letter of each word of that sentence:
Murky conVention’s Efforts Mar *Series; Jury Set yoUr Next *Planet *Chart *Abridged.
M=Mercury [Murky], V=Venus [conVention], E=Earth [Efforts], M=Mars, ‘Series’ sounds like Ceres; J=Jupiter, S=Saturn, U=Uranus, N=Neptune, P=Pluto, Ch=Charon, Ab sounds like UB… [an astronomical prefix for the next big body in space]

[I used an asterisk in places to emphasise the dwarf planets' words.]

• How i need a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy chapters involving geodesy
• Sir, I know a rhyme excelling in mystic force and magic spelling. Celestial spirits elucidate, all my own striving can’t relate
• How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics!
• “May I have a large container of coffee? Thank you!”

Explanation

Counting the letters of each word gives you the value of pi 3,14159265358…

• Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach
• Kings Play Cards On Fat Green Stools
• King Phillip Came Over For Great Spaghetti
• Kings Play Chess On Fine Glass Surfaces
• King Philip Can Order Five Good Soups
• Did King Phillip Cry Out “For Goodness Sakes!”?
• Keeping Precious Creatures Organized For Grumpy Scientists
• Killing Pets Causes Opression For Grieving Simpletons
• King Phylum Class Ordered the Family Genius to Shut-up
• Kid Play Card On Flat Gray Steps
• King Penguins Climbed Over Family Genus Species
• King Phillip Came Over For Good Soup
• Kings Prefer Chocalate Over Fudge Generally Speaking
• Kings Poorly Concentrate On Food(like)
• Dumb Kids Playing Cards On Freeway Get Smashed
• Kendall Popped Canned Oranges For Greek Soup
• Do Koalas Prefer Chocolate Or Fruit, Generally Speaking?
• Do Kangaroos Prefer (the) Cake Or (the) Frosting, Generally Speaking?
• Dumb King Phillip Couldn’t Find Green Socks
• Do Kings Play Chess On Fridays, Generally Speaking?
• King Philip Could Order Five Good Sheep
• King Philip Called One Faithful German Servant
• Kindly Professors Can Often Fail Good Students
• King Paul Came Over For Green Salad
• Dr. King Preeched Couragougeosly On Freakin Giant Snakes.
• Kings Play Chess On Fat Girls Stomachs
• King Phillip Came Over For Good Spaghetti
• King Philip Came Over From Great Spain
• King Phillip Came Over From Gulf Shores
• King Phillip Caught Ordinary Flu Going South
• Kings Play Cards On Fat Green Stools
• King Phillip Came Over From Germany Seeking Riches

Explanation

Mnemonic device for the proper ordering of the biological groupings used in taxonomy:
DOMAIN, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

This memory aid tells us how to adjust the clock. In the fall (autumn) the clock will be set back an hour, in the spring it will jump ahead one hour.. Summertime, wintertime, daylight saving time (DST). The concept of DST was first seriously proposed by William Willett in the “Waste of Daylight”, published in 1907, but he was unable to get the British government to adopt it, despite considerable lobbying.

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet : the colors of the rainbow, in order.

The difference between principle and principal

How to spell necessary

To type or write every letter of the alphabet.