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		Forgeties79 70 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool Why would the average person know this about the water used in nuclear reactors? There are also plenty of jobs where people are in close proximity to insanely hot/dangerous liquids.

haskellshill 69 days ago [–]

That's exactly my point, people are clueless about the basics of nuclear power. Why would they know it? I mean, why would the average person know what a linear equation is or what year the first world war started?

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