
Apparently it flopped because it didn't explode like the chemistry kits did, so kids thought it was boring.

Apparently it flopped because it didn't explode like the chemistry kits did, so kids thought it was boring.
That's rad
Alpha is the weakest, usually stopping on the skin or other thin layer. Gamma goes right through a person. In college, we were warned more about beta emission because beta could enter the body by couldn't leave in the same way that gamma could.
Alpha is generally considered the most dangurous, so saying it is the weakest is kinda doing an injustice. The penetration is the weakest, the radiation is the most harmful.
Anyone else think this looks like a retro-futuristic adult toy with an extra buzzy feature?
At least it wasn't in the cereal like with some of the therapeutic waters available in that time
TIL Kix was around in 1947.
Modern breakfast cereals are largely product of post WWII “innovation”. Most of them still exist in some form. One of my favorite example is Sugar Smacks which were introduced in the early 50s and were over 50% sugar.
Ok Kix, why did a cowboy have an atom bomb toy? What was the tie-in? Did Tonto help Oppenheimer? Was this just a way to sell a few tons of used polonium?
The just post WWII times were a weird hybrid of nostalgia for the old west “cowboys and Indians” stories and the space/atomic age becoming en vogue. Toys like this that tried to appeal to both are the result.
Promotion of war propaganda into the culture? "Mom, why am I growing a 6th finger?"
It's totally fine, the ring is probably also made of lead.
There are no claims, even not from child which ingest it. Only statistical issues.
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