The Radioactive Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb Ring from Kix Cereal
Discover the history of the 1940s Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb ring, a Kix cereal mail-in toy that contained radioactive Polonium-210.
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My parents really just let us play with literal radiation for breakfast back then, wild đź’€
That is honestly such a wild piece of history, I can't believe they actually gave those away in cereal boxes
Can you imagine companies just mailing out radioactive materials in cereal boxes today? Wild.
Can you imagine companies just giving out radioactive material in cereal boxes back then? Wild.
I cannot believe they used to just mail radioactive materials to kids back then. Wild.
How did we ever survive childhood back then?