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I love that the plushie is sweating
Occationally a minor fault in production would result in one of these beeing shipped. It's no biggie really.
I've got a ~~golden ticket~~ demon core!
Screw driver'll keep it open. It'll be fine. What's the worst that could happen?
Stupid demon core always ruins all the fun.
Why is my kinder surprise glowing blue?
This kills the kinder
kaaaaaaaarl!
What is that?
That was a fascinating read! The 2 accidents surrounding it were very interesting to read about. They were both basic human mistakes that led to the ghastly consequences they unfortunately produced. The 2nd accident though, by Slotin--that was hubris. How could one have skirted such simple safety protocols? Dude was controlling a very very very powerful experiment with a screwdriver in his hand being all that stood between the team of scientists and a staggering amount of radiation... Then it slips! 👀
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.
Anyone who hasn't read Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman, go check it out
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.
And Fermi
They made a movie that dramatized the accidents really well:
The movie Fat Man and Little Boy
This is why we probably should be more careful when we do things that could potentially like, oh I dunno, open up a black hole here on Earth. I mean, it's not like accidents never happen!! Oh wait... they DO!
8.9cm diameter, 6.2kg. Says a lot. E: apparently it was 87°C too
I can’t even imagine something so small being so dense that it weighs 6,2kg.
Thanks 🙂
Ricky Gervais and Piers Morgan did a thing on this ? you can be blind but still entitled to own a firearm but can't get a kinder surprise chocolate toy.
Kids were just shoving them in their mouths whole and choking nearly to death... clearly a cultural difference, here.
European kids: Eat the delicacy slowly.
American kids: Devours it like a starved Tyranid.
SURPRISE ,yes , Rico kaboum
I bought one branded as having Pokemon figures in it, but it had fucking Mickey Mouse in it.
I'd be less angry with a demon core. (cuz I'd be dead and thus unable to feel anything)
Kinder Egg, now with a spicy surprise.
But the problem is shipping that fucker enclosed, because all the logistic chain is going to be a pain in the ass. People dying off quicker than you can replace them.
Little know fact: an embryonic Russian egg sac just about fits inside a Kinder Surprise and shields it from scanners.
If I recall there is an FDA rule that says you can't sell a food item that contains a non edible thing that could cause someone to choke.
Edit: Here it is
Section 402(d)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act provides that confectionery having partially, or completely imbedded therein, any non-nutritive object is adulterated unless FDA has issued a regulation recognizing that the non-nutritive object is of practical functional value to the confectionery product and would not render the product injurious or hazardous to health.