Not Exactly What He Was Ordered To Do, But He Did It Anyway

Not Exactly What He Was Ordered To Do, But He Did It Anyway
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The dark humor here plays on the historical fact that Nazi Germany's nuclear program failed while attempting to develop atomic weapons. The "low background radiation steel" refers to pre-1945 steel that's highly valuable in scientific equipment because it wasn't contaminated by atmospheric nuclear testing. So technically, their steel program was a success—just not in the way they intended! The irony is delicious: their military failure inadvertently created a scientific resource. History's most unexpected contribution to modern radiation detection equipment.

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