TIL The element Einsteinium was first discovered by detonating a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, and flying fighter jets with debris-capturing filter paper through the top of the mushroom cloud | Spyke

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TIL The element Einsteinium was first discovered by detonating a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, and flying fighter jets with debris-capturing filter paper through the top of the mushroom cloud

TIL The element Einsteinium was first discovered by detonating a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, and flying fighter jets with debris-capturing filter paper through the top of the mushroom cloud

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Imagine getting that assignment

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Jmr reply

highwayyyy to the danger zone

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RocksForBrains reply

It was before we invented cancer

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shapesandstuff reply

So lucky!

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Nature be crazy.

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I don't think nature did that

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Humans be crazy.

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teawrecks reply

Humans are a natural occurrence.

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Good TIL!

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TIL The element Einsteinium was first discovered by detonating a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, and flying fighter jets with debris-capturing filter paper through the top of the mushroom cloud | Spyke