Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 28, 2022

You can read about his attempt (cut relatively short) here: https://richardsreactor.blogspot.com/

Here’s a quicky told by another man with a home based nuclear reactor.

“I set up a small nuclear power plant in my garage. It was running well until I got busted by a fish and game warden of all people. He gave me a fat ticket for not having a fission license.”

Until next time.

i once had a beak a foot and a half long

I split atoms in my mouth quite often. I have a thing for biting Wint-O-Green Lifesavers. Technically, it’s triboluminescence and fluorescence. The blue sparks that you see when crushing one are caused by electrons displaced from sugar molecules crashing into nitrogen molecules, which causes triboluminescence, mostly in ultraviolet light. The UV is absorbed by the oil of wintergreen, and re-emitted as visible light (fluorescence).

Earl Schwartz split Adam in his kitchen after Adam hit on Earl’s wife.

Take care, may failed but prolific song writer Steve “Schmock! Schmock!” Allenord be with you, and gesundheit.

“Never trust an atom. They make up everything!” From a T-shirt I own.

The stork has been disqualified from delivering babies

So why was he arrested? Were they afraid he might be successful?

Is it against the law in Sweden to split your atom in the kitchen? Is it allowed to do it in the bathroom, or bedroom?

A Florida senior citizen drove his brand-new Corvette convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the road, he pushed it to 80 mph, looking in his rear-view mirror, he saw a Florida State Trooper, blue lights flashing and siren blaring. Pulling in behind him, the trooper got out of his vehicle and walked up to the Corvette. He looked at his watch, then said, “Sir, my shift ends in 30 minutes. Today is Friday. If you can give me a new reason for speeding, a reason I’ve never heard before– I’ll let you go.”

The old gentleman paused then said, “Three years ago, my wife ran off with a Florida State Trooper. I thought you were bringing her back.”“Have a good day, Sir,” replied the trooper.

How did the authorities know that the Swedish man was attempting to split atoms in his kitchen?

That Swede looks kinda like Lou Costello or Jackie Gleason.

One time I was in a small boat in shallow water. It was not very deep, and I wasn’t sure if I should use the oars or get out and walk.

Hmm I thought, row versus wade?

What is the worst word a person in any nuclear industry can hear?

Oops.

Until next time.

All this talk about home made fission reactors, understand that the problem with fission isn’t getting fissionable fuel to react, it’s keeping it from reacting and controlling the reaction. Many millions of years ago there was a vein of Uranium ore in Africa that reacted all on its own until it depleted the fissionable ore down to the point that the reaction couldn’t continue, at which point the reaction stopped. I think it ran for at least a couple hundred thousand years. Can’t find my notes or I’d be more precise.