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Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab
When? 1951-1952
What? The ultimate educational set to teach kids how to get the most out of, erm, uranium.
It did what?!? This $50 (about £440 in today’s money) science kit featured four lots of uranium ore for your beloved sprog to dabble with. To ensure that these weren’t duds, you could use the Geiger counter included to measure the ore’s radioactivity and order more uranium using a coupon. And to round out the experience, a book entitled ‘Prospecting for Uranium’ was included, with details of a US government initiative that paid $10,000 (equivalent to almost £90,000 today) if little Jimmy discovered any uranium deposits in the garden.
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Yahoo! Christmas – Features | The most dangerous toys ever made
@FuzzyPear 414658 wrote:
You have to add lawn darts to that list!
You didn’t read the list did you! :crazy_dru
Lawn Darts
When? Circa 1950s-1988
What? A popular American garden game that saw players throw large darts up into the air, hoping to land them in a circular target to score points.
It did what?!? Said darts were big, heavy and had sharp metal tips. While they were banned from US toy departments and stores in 1970, and featured labels telling parents to keep them away from children, the darts were inevitably still finding their way into the hands (and heads) of overenthusiastic kids. After an estimated 6,100 injuries, and the deaths of two children, lawn darts were finally banned in their metal-pointed form in the USA.
