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South African diamond miner being x-rayed at the end of his shift to prevent theft, 1954 (lemmy.world)
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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You do realize the mine has lots of diamonds they could test with?

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sure man. You go stand in the beam with a sack of diamonds up your butt and we'll watch

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

That's not my point. People running the mine could easily check if raw diamonds interact with X-rays.