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Radioactive Gift Ideas

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These sound both cool and dangerous ... which just makes them even cooler.

See the site for links to the products themselves.
For those who fondly remember Mr. Wizard's World, consider a set of uranium-doped radioactive marbles from United Nuclear this Christmas. Or, rather than coal in someone's stocking (and I can't believe this) the site will ship them some supertoxic Polonium 210, or a more generic Cobalt-57 wafer. How this doesn't require some sort of FBI background check is beyond me; for god's sake, don't go buying this stuff on a whim. (Unfortunately, the more whimsical radioactive plates and saucers are sold out.)

And if that isn't enough, there's the 600,000-volt Van de Graaf electrostatic generator, a tuning fork set, meteorites, and a forthcoming cloud chamber kit for your at-home supercollider.

Do we need to reiterate that these are seriously serious tools? The site is full of fun warnings, such as "do not drink sodium acetate"or this little gem on the superpowerful neodymium magnets page:

"A small child recently lost his hand when his father left two # 31 supermagnets unattended. The child picked one up and when he approached the other magnet on a nearby table, it became airborne and obliterated his small hand."
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oh isht!!! :eek: :eek:
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I think I just found my Xmas gifts for some people! Thanks Alan!
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Sabre wrote:I think I just found my Xmas gifts for some people! Thanks Alan!
You're welcome. Just don't mention my name when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission knocks on your door.

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The NRC and I are good friends (keep in mind, in a previous life, I help dispose of nuclear waste ;)
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I'll get those and hide them in the desk chairs of people who I don't think should reproduce.
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