Randall Munroe's Absurd Scientific Advice For Real-World Problems
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Testing Beverages and Nostalgic Practices
This chapter explores experiments on beverage safety post-nuclear explosion and examines the controversial 'chicken pox parties' of the 90s where kids were deliberately exposed to the virus. It also connects these themes to scientific methods of tracing birth eras through radioactivity in teeth.
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