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ilyt
1134 days ago
I'm mildly disappointed that banana is not listed as option for test material
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Turskarama
1134 days ago
Even though bananas are famously radioactive, it's very low activity and I don't know that a regular detector could pick up the emissions from a single banana. You'd probably need a truck full of them.
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kneebonian
1134 days ago
For those curious about the radioactivity of bananas.
https://what-if-origin.sciesnet.net/158/
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BetterGeiger
1134 days ago
haha, yes... unfortunately they emit such an extremely tiny amount you can't measure it with ordinary means, I tried:
https://twitter.com/BetterGeiger/status/1523769482602196992
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