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    SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Story of the Nuclear Boy Scout

    Stuff You Should Know · Sep 18, 2026 · 41 min
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    David Hahn was a kid who was really into science. So much that he built a nuclear reactor in his mother's potting shed. And it worked. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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