What Happens When You Stick Your Head Into a Particle Accelerator?

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In the video today, we’re looking at what happens when you stick your head into a running particle accelerator. While you might think we can only speculate, it turns out someone actually accidentally did it once and was naturally studied to an extreme degree after. 🙂 In the Bonus Facts section, we also look at the surprisingly slow speed of electricity. If you, like most, think electricity travels at the speed of light, it turns out you couldn’t be more wrong. 🙂 A common turtle is vastly faster.

If you’d like the text version or references, you can find those here: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/03/what-happens-when-you-stick-your-head-into-a-particle-accelerator/ and http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/03/fast-electrons-flow-electric-cables/

This video is #sponsored by Mack Weldon.