r/interesting • u/lb3a3 • 1d ago

HISTORY Atomic Bomb Cereal ring with real Polonium-210

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u/e37d93eeb23335dc 1d ago

I’m Gen X and when I was in elementary school they let us play with mercury with our bare hands. They probably let boomers swallow the stuff. 

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u/sabertoothdog 15h ago

Liquid Mercury can’t be absorbed thru the skin.

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u/oioioifuckingoi 6h ago

That’s why we licked it.