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Why Kinder Surprise is banned in the USA (media.piefed.zip)
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[–] 10 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Whats even more terrible about the second one, is Feynman over there telling him he was a fucking idiot for doing it that way and he (Slotin) was going to get himself killed.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    I think they were referring to it as "tickling the dragons tail" which certainly seems like a fitting description. It's absolutely bonkers how much radiation exposure happened in that moment.

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