diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
index 71fc50f58def..19ff581a35ac 100644
--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
@@ -6672,6 +6672,10 @@ Hurewitz's Memory Principle:
 	The chance of forgetting something is directly proportional
 to ..... to ........ uh ..............
 %
+Hydrogen: A colorless, odorless, lighter than air gas which, given
+time, turns into people.
+                -- Harlow Shapley
+%
 I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a
 professor or student to advocate Marxism, socialism, communism, or any
 other minority viewpoint -- no matter how distasteful to the majority.