January 30, 2026

Cesium

 

Source - https://xkcd.com/3131/

See, it's funny because...honestly, I'm not sure that it really is all that funny.

Yes, there was an actual 2025 incident in which a shipments of frozen shrimp was found to contain cesium-137 contamination.

I read through the Wikipedia and explainxkcd articles about the incident, and I can't really figure out how the contamination of the Cikanda Modern Industrial Area got into the shrimp.

I do know, however, that the novelty of new ways to screwing up can be both interesting and a bit of terrifying.

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