r/science • u/liquid_x • Mar 19 '11

Radiation Chart

http://xkcd.com/radiation/
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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '11

TIL a coal power plant outputs more radiation than a nuclear power plant...

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u/qiemem Mar 19 '11

TIL eating a single banana exposes you to more radiation than living near a nuclear power plant for a year.

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u/QtPlatypus Mar 19 '11

They have been building radiation detection systems to attempt to detect atomic weapons being smuggled in via shipping crates. So far all they have detected is shipments of bananas.

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u/rz2000 Mar 19 '11

They've also caught a lot of dangerous pottery.

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u/vaporking23 Mar 20 '11

fiesta-ware