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TIL about the scientist who stuck his head in an active particle accelerator and the scientist who accidentally gave himself the wrong STD (youtu.be)

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Worst Science Experiments Gone Wrong

I knew about the Demon Core, but was not expecting those other two.

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[+] lapislazuli@sopuli.xyz 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 14 points 2 years ago

The 1700s truly were a different time.

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[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 years ago

today on bottom gear

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[–] ArtificialLink@yall.theatl.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Thumbnail made me think it was "hey, vsauce"

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[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Hey, Sauce. Chlamydia here

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[–] MrFappy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Simon’s videos are excellent. And the dude has like 6 different channels. His serial killer ones are fun as well (Casual Criminalist).

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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 4 points 2 years ago

I love the Casual Criminalist. I really like how he just won’t read anything he thinks is gratuitous or salacious about how victims died.

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[–] Anomander@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

I'm always so torn on him; he makes interesting videos about compelling topics that are reasonably well researched ... but as nitpicky as it is, I cannot deal with his accent for very long. I'm completely willing to believe it's actually genuine, but it sounds like an American doing a bad impression of a posh British lordling.

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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

His accent might be a bit off-seeming because he lives abroad. I know my accent has picked up some quirks from friends from other countries, like I have no idea how to pronounce “scone” anymore, and a Kiwi friend once had a minor existential crisis after she said “basil” like an American.

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