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Did you know about this before this was posted today? Even if you did, I'm sure several others got to know of this just today - which makes it worthwhile IMO.

• mavhc 10y ago
  yes, because I read https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9501703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9501703
• dekhn 10y ago
  yes this story is highly documented in histories of nuclear physics.