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Is This The World’s Most Dangerous Toy?

The Atlas Obscura Podcast by SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Oct 12, 202600:17:46Society & Culture

The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago has a very unusual artifact in its collection: an object that’s been called “the world’s most dangerous toy.” It’s a science kit from the 1950s, designed to teach kid...

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