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nullc on May 13, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging at 0.05 Tesl...

The US government bought divining rods to detect IED's in Iraq. Dumb stuff happens, but we achieve so much in spite of it.

ahaferburg on May 13, 2024 [–]

You mean this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651 If you did, the US government didn't buy those, but Iraq did.

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