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Short Stuff: Hisashi Ouchi

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Sep 2, 202612:12Society & Culture

Japanese nuclear worker Hisashi Ouchi is often called on the internet "the world's most radioactive man." That's not exactly true, but it gets the point across about how severe the fatal dose of radiation he received was...

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