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Great science teacher risks his life explaining potential and kinetic energy (www.youtube.com)
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Not -quite- as risky as Russian physicist Anatoli Bugorski who put his head into a high-energy proton beam in 1978.

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[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

If he'd given it a little push away, not just dropped it, (as he mentioned) it might have had enough energy left to bump him in the face. Probably not fatal though... exercise left for the student.