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The Wild Story Of David Hahn, The 'Radioactive Boy Scout' Who Tried To Build A Nuclear Reactor In His Backyard (allthatsinteresting.com)
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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

The Dollop episode about him was fantastic.

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 5 points 8 months ago

If you're into podcasts, The Dollop has a great episode on him.

[–] swayevenly@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How does the story end?

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He died at 39 from drug overdose.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

So about average outcome