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HISTORY Atomic Bomb Cereal ring with real Polonium-210

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u/SinoSoul 1d ago edited 1d ago

Real *polonium plutonium in toy bomb, real coke in Coca Cola. Kids back then lived their best lives.

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u/Tartaros030 1d ago edited 1d ago

Oh well, you know, back the in these days people also wore wristwatches that glew glowed in the dark. because they were made of Radium-226, and also used x-ray machines as a party gimmick. And when you felt a little sick you went to your local drug store and got yourself a bit of Radithor, a wonder medicine sold in a flask containing water enhanced with radioactive radium isotopes to cure your sickness.

You could have lots of fun as an adult too, back in the days. Maybe not the healthiest life decisions possibly, though, in rerospective.

But luckily there's another medicine product from Bayer called Heroin to compensate, or Pervitin to the rescue. Latter is nowadays called Methamphetamine.

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u/IndividualistAW 1d ago

Cocaine was great for toothaches too

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u/phranks_phluids 1d ago

It used to be... But it still is too.