The World's Deadliest Game Of Catch

The World's Deadliest Game Of Catch
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Playing catch with a plutonium sphere? What could go wrong? The Demon Core was a subcritical mass of plutonium that killed two physicists in separate incidents when they accidentally let the hemispheres get too close. Turns out nuclear material makes for a terrible pétanque ball! The difference between "fun day with friends" and "lethal radiation exposure" is literally just a screwdriver slipping. Nuclear physics: where "oops" can be your last word.

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