Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 15, 2012
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Transcript:
? The elements americium and curium, discovered during the United States top-secret nuclear bomb project, were first announced on a children's radio quiz show even before they were presented to the scientific community! Look out below... Sea creatures that beneath sheets of ice risk instant death by fast spreading frost whenever an icy stalactite reaches the sea floor! Police officers in Johnson City, Tenn., USA, can draft citizens into law enforcement duties- with refusal to serve being a crime! (Title 6, Section 106)
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linsonl about 12 years ago
At the airline I used to work, they used Americium to put in jet engines to X-ray them from the inside out.
ecu_chp about 12 years ago
Americium is used in smoke detectors.
walruscarver2000 about 12 years ago
Americium is what G. W. Bush had. Curium is what is used to prevent t.i
Nighthawks Premium Member about 12 years ago
no wonder Davy Crockett went to Texas
Stephen Gilberg about 12 years ago
Further info: The show was “Quiz Kids.” And no, the kids weren’t asked about the new elements; one kid asked a question to which the new elements were part of the answer.…Does Johnson City have really half-hearted police?
Puddleglum2 about 12 years ago
If someone refuses to serve, a citizen’s arrest might take place.
Chuck Norton about 12 years ago
And we thought Tennessee was the “Volunteer State”!