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Accidentally Nuclear: Top Secrent US-USSR History

boingboing.net — They might know the name, but nobody ever says, "I want to be like Louis Slotin when I grow up." And with good reason.

Who dugg this? Made popular Oct 29, 2009

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  • Alienkid, on 10/29/2009, -3/+21Top Secrent
  • yacks, on 10/29/2009, -1/+15Secrent Agent man.. secrent aaaageeent man..
  • Speedy7, on 10/29/2009, -2/+10I think he accidentally the whole nuke shell...
  • Kerplunk5975, on 10/29/2009, -2/+5uhhh dont you mean "Secrent asian man" ?
    no but seriously i thought thats what it really was.
  • bhawkeswood, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2Wait a sec... Is there more to that article coming soon or something?
  • pd2187, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2After "Tickling the Dragon" I secrented all over my keyboard
  • numb, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2In before someone accuses Kerplunk of being racist for no valid reason.
  • ReeLandericus, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2i think this mistake has been made before and immortalized
    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sec ...
  • nailbunny, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2Buriend.
  • SilverBack101, on 10/29/2009, -0/+1Top Secrent? Ewwww....I don't want any Top Secrents dropping on me thank you very much. >:(
  • Shakermaker, on 10/29/2009, -0/+1I believe there was a Russian scientist who took a radiation blast to his cheek in the 50's, and died a few weeks later.

    Anyone remember his name? There were pictures of his accident on the net...
  • Nhmarine, on 10/29/2009, -0/+1what the hell is secrent? Don't you see the little red line? The little red Line!!!!!
  • gsehgal1, on 10/30/2009, -0/+0what was the US "secrent" project.... didn't the article just say that Hollywood made a movie out of the Manhattan project ?????
  • yacks, on 10/29/2009, -1/+1I love how Russia saved all their "state secrets".. if it's a secret, the best thing to do is destroy all evidence that it even happened.
  • metex, on 10/29/2009, -0/+0The picture is a recreation of Louis Slotin handling the demon core:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core

    In the photo he is handling enough enough plutonium for a nuclear weapon that was larger then the fat man explosion.
  • KelticKal, on 10/30/2009, -0/+0The quote is incomplete. It was called "Tickling the dragon's tail" during the Manhattan project.
  • fuckinracis, on 10/29/2009, -0/+0Soooo ronery, sooo ronerryy.

    I think most people on the internet should be able to recognize the humor in that. Except the youtube crowd, of course.

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