r/interesting • • 1d ago

HISTORY Atomic Bomb Cereal ring with real Polonium-210

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u/Dull_Panda_833 1d ago

Nuh uh? That sounds insane

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u/jerquee 1d ago

You can still buy photographic brushes with polonium-210 in them.

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u/Double_Distribution8 1d ago

What's a photographic brush? And why is there polonium in them?

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u/Ok-Hyena4541 1d ago

https://company7.com/staticmaster/products/staticmaster.html

They're for cleaning dust off of photographic film and the polonium reduces static charge in the film which attracts dust.

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u/CenturyEggsAndRice 1d ago

I'm pretty sure my dad had one of those when I was a kid.

I saw the pictures of it and it just clicked like "Oh hey, I remember that thing..."

That's it, there's nothing interesting to say about it. It lived in his negatives box.

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u/chrisb_ni 1d ago

I think maybe you should stop with all the negative and start with a little more positive

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u/Helenium_autumnale 1d ago

nah, you have to start with the negative; that's how you develop!