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about the lia radiological accident, where three Georgians discovered two abandoned radioactive sources in the forest around which there was no snow for about a 1 m (3.3 ft) radius, and the ground was steaming , they then decided to use them as heat sources for the night. One died.

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Fun Fact: about the lia radiological accident, where three Georgians discovered two abandoned radioactive sources in the forest around which “there was no snow for about a 1 m (3.3 ft) radius, and the ground was steaming”, they then decided to use them as heat sources for the night. One died.

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