The Explosion That Banished a Boy to the Basement

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[@ZONIKKI]

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[@ZONIKKI]

“Literalmente el 99% de personas No me apoyarán pero tengo Fé de que algún día podré ser reconocida..😓🥺"

[@ZONIKKI]

𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙖 🙋‍♀️ 𝙈𝙞 𝙎𝙪𝙚𝙣̃𝙤 𝙀𝙨 𝙎𝙚𝙧 𝙐𝙣𝙖 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣 𝙔𝙤𝙪.𝙏𝙪𝙗𝙚𝙧 ❣️ 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙎𝙪𝙛𝙧𝙤 𝘿𝙚 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙞.𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝘿𝙚 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚 𝙌𝙪𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙌𝙪𝙚 𝙉𝙤 𝙇𝙤 𝙑𝙤𝙮 𝘼 𝙇𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙧 😔💔 𝙎𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚 𝘿𝙚 𝙀𝙨𝙩𝙖 𝙋𝙖𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣̃𝙖 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝘾𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙚.𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙚 𝙀𝙨.𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙏𝙪 𝘼𝙥.𝙤𝙮𝙤 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 ... 🙏💙💫

[@ZONIKKI]

“Literalmente el 99% de personas No me apoyarán pero tengo Fé de que algún día podré ser reconocida..😓🥺"

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today"

[@doctorjohnsmithchloecharlo6711]

Hi there

[@dxjbepic3991]

EVAN

[@Caspianm2]

@Honkler Agent 🤡📣 Clown alert :(

[@SeanKula]

Lmao

[@Chutte_Mi]

WTF I JUST SAW U IN THE COMMENTS OF DETECTIVE RECAPPED

[@sameermunshi1615]

He could've become a world-renowned scientist if someone recognized his talent and he was properly helped and educated.

[@raven4k998]

who say's he didn't?

[@trumanthomas4253]

But that would require another human to care about his future.Can't have that now can we🤡

[@quentagonthornton49]

Well here in the U.S. properly helping and educating people is called communist propaganda.

[@vidalyse9480]

@@raven4k998 Well seeing as he was steeling smoke alarms in the mid 2k's with sores all over his face. And then died in 2016, I'd say that would mean he didn't.

[@raven4k998]

@@vidalyse9480 hey he made a nuclear reactor and lethal radiation I'd say he got further then you have on that one buddy it's just that no one gave a crap to teach him about safety or teach him period

[@Thetravelingmonke]

He was an actual genius being able to make these things with such a passion, its sad that no one actually took him seriously

[@cynical4092]

ima comment 4 months later

[@karlhans6678]

@@cynical4092 4 months have passed

[@theonewhoknows2]

Not a genius. Safety protocals thrown out the window. If he was a genius, he wouldnt have irradiated his neighborhood.

[@r2dezki]

@@theonewhoknows2 He was a genius, but an idiot. All teenagers are idiots, but most of them are not as driven.

[@mysticlegend8129]

Every child can be like this it just takes determation and dedication to understanding a complex subject that draws them in. My son at 11 years old use to watch videos on youtube about complex coding and viruses until he actually was able to start making them himself now hes in collage for computer science some pasions never die.

[@jander510]

Just goes to show that not all kids need a typical education. He definitely should’ve been in an accelerated science program.

[@jenniferguenter1789]

One of them is me.

[@Rapscalian]

Just goes to show typical education is shit and should be erased and start a new education from the ground up

[@ryanmarler442]

This is why I'm an advocate of project-based learning at school.

[@mikoto7693]

@Rayleigh Exactly so! I’ve become rather knowledgeable about aviation just by self learning online.

[@MadScientist267]

Everything. All. The. Time.

[@edwardbrito3332]

Too bad he didn’t have a mentor. Scary smart enough to conduct experiments but foolish enough to disregard safety

[@picard714]

Yes! This! ☝🏽 A mentor to guide him and teach a young, impressionable kid his limits, despite his intellectual curiosity. Ah David, what might’ve been. RIP

[@129das]

He didn't even need a mentor just a parent that watched over him. I always saying this children are smart but they are also reckless, that what you mostly see in this story his recklessness no one was there to hold him back from his own dangers.

[@st.robespierre]

@Kelly Smunt I can’t tell if you’re being a dick or if you’re being genuine. Either way, kudos.

[@bigsmall246]

If he was smart enough, the government agencies would have picked him up the same way they pick up good hackers. Clearly he didn't make the cut.

[@thestupidgenius6866]

@@bigsmall246 but if he was REALLY smart he would be able to out play them. /j

[@TheAestheticPanda]

I feel like we could have benefited from his obsession. Just monitor him so it doesn’t go too far

[@eliteinventor]

This is done today

[@UC_ganja]

Yh I agree with u

[@brittanymillerry2327]

You know that’s how these guys are usually found and asked to work for their country right?

[@TheGr0nch]

@@brittanymillerry2327 this

[@Neraniel]

@@spikespaz bro you can get back out of it, I'm sure you'll find your curiosity again, just don't give up!

[@annieworroll4373]

This kid would have had a hit KZbin channel these days.

[@bleensteen9331]

Clearly a highly intelligent person with a difficult, perhaps disagreeable personality and high tolerance for risk. A potent combination, shame that nobody in his life had what it took to mentor him so that he could channel his abilities in a way that was good for others, and good for him.

[@myschoolaccountitotallyuse2290]

For real, I don’t know what happened behind closed doors, but his mom killing herself was -definitely- most likely the nail in the coffin for him, that’s a really *really* hard thing to bounce back from, especially if he was the one to find her.

[@mikoto7693]

I know that he could have been something brilliant with the proper training and mentoring.

[@DigitalDuelist]

When the government became involved and saw what he was able to achieve at such a young age they missed a great opportunity to mold a brilliant scientist. Its a shame that nobody recognized his potential and passion.

[@pamalawashington9371]

That definitely crossed my mind!

[@DigitalDuelist]

@@pamalawashington9371 my biggest takeaway

[@129das]

His parents were awful, and the government didn't help anymore. Clearly a kid who needed the right teaching more advanced teachers.

[@bigsmall246]

The government probably decided he wasn't smart enough for them to bother. Smashing together a bunch of materials is not that difficult. What he was good at was following instruction manuals. He probably didn't understand what he was dealing with.

[@generichomosapien4666]

jimmy

[@kyleroberts2426]

He was a chemist… it wasn’t accidental intoxication…

[@mhqa_]

Good point probably a suicide

[@belliott538]

My thought exactly... and a bloody sad tale.

[@Axrx277]

His mother did the same thing so there is a pattern

[@joeh3h904]

Obviously he was not "that" kind of chemist and I would bet my life savings that it was accidental.

[@cavemanlovesmoke4394]

@@mhqa_ lol no he just didnt care at the time . Stop reaching

[@Sirkento]

Kind of makes me want to walk around town with a radiation meter and see what secrets are waiting to be found

[@fumanchu4785]

It is more like horrors than secrets ... you don't even need to walk around ..you can start with testing the food you buy in the grocery -- you will be amazed. Depending on where you live you'll might find out that the wilderness around you might be high radioactive as well; i.e. Central and Eastern Europe ..because of the radioactive cloud when Chernobyl happened. Because of that even today in Bavaria, Germany wild animals have to be tested for radioactivity whenever they are up for sale. It is not recommended to eat mushrooms either in mentioned regions.

[@coolchannelyt]

*do it*

[@SonicboominOnEm]

I remember serving with Hahn. He was chill AF and always up to tinkering in the barracks. When we went to Japan that's when I found it out about him. At that tine we were both Lance Corporals in the Marines in an artillery battery. Rip Brother #SemperFidelis

[@camman345268baby]

Are you fr rn?

[@SonicboominOnEm]

@@camman345268baby yeah Hahn was cool. We found out during a deployment when he told us about the situation and that the book written about it which we got so and got signed too.

[@camman345268baby]

@@SonicboominOnEm there’s a book? What’s it called?

[@johndawson6057]

@@camman345268baby Ya Just Got Pimped, Biatch!

[@alexanderortega7559]

@@SonicboominOnEm h-how the hell didn't he make the nuke first

[@Xitout]

"Aren't you a little young to be building a nuclear reactor?" "Why yes. Yes I am."

[@raven4k998]

and his blood glows you should run away very very quickly

[@knuckle12356]

I know what we're going to do today!

[@juicewrldspercdealer7542]

I don’t think anyone got the phineas and ferb joke

[@knuckle12356]

@@juicewrldspercdealer7542 😞

[@hratlufodinsn8196]

But where is Perry?

[@FruitFlyKilla]

David Hahn, aka OG mad lad. Quite a sad story though, he obviously from a very young age had an incredible passion for science. He probably could've gone on to be a brilliant scientist. Such a shame.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

Yeah, what a waste because being able to make a Nuclear reactor is...wow.

[@BMN_Prime]

I bet there’s a kid doing this rn and nobody cares besides the kid’s family

[@silverhawkscape2677]

@@BMN_Prime But we live in a post 9/11 World though...

[@fiacradoyle7474]

@@silverhawkscape2677 all the stuff is still obtainable though sorry have to go kitchen is starting to glow in dark again.

[@justinmartin4662]

He wasn’t smart enough to use basic safety so I don’t think we lost much.

[@frx1p32dz2]

thats so sad.. i wish someone could of seen his talent and give him a chance at working at a Nuclear reactor. there should be a movie in his name and honor. we should seek out young curious minds like his and lift them up to their full potential.

[@kulkuljator]

Imagine if his father instead of first ignoring the problem and then banning it completely would encourage his son to join the science community. He could be someone great.

[@yayatoure3461]

Science community could have also stemmed his curiousity

[@TheBigChoomah]

Yeah give the kid causing explosions and making a nuclear reactor more access to dangerous chemicals.

[@Typhyr]

Imagine what this kid could have achieved if his parents/teachers recognised his potential early on so he could have done all this at a proper university. With proper safety equipment etc....

[@GuinessOriginal]

Become thanos?

[@alexiz.7569]

It just comes to show you the real equality in the world, imagen what the status of man kind could have been but then yet again we are animals. XD

[@texugo_branco]

@@alexiz.7569 Many humans think the future will have flying cars and all BUT the thing is we are just poisoning our planet instead of actually evolving. WE aren't even close to flying cars we haven't even sent a single human on MARS yet. each day we only poison the planet we live in and the future might be by our cause, the "humans" who overestimated themselves so much.

[@Agonal]

@@texugo_branco How are we poisoning our planet? And even if we are poisoning the planet, that doesn’t mean we aren’t helping it at the same time.

[@Agonal]

@@alexiz.7569 No. That won’t work.

[@trillpaint3001]

if i were the father of this kid, i would of sold everything i owned to buy him proper safety equipment, and put him through college. seems like he was just left to his own devises, and flew too close to the sun.... heart breaking... he reminds me of Senku from Dr. Stone, the difference, Senku had a great father..

[@ovrlod1423]

The same thought went through my mind as well

[@haniffat]

Reading through the first part of your comment got me thinking of Dr. Stone lol

[@JustGromski]

Same thoughts

[@dotslashsatan]

Why college? He’d know more than the teachers get him in uni doing a PHD maybe they’d let him play with a nuclear reactor

[@ohshit8753]

Senku was also mentored by a rocket scientist. Which turned out to be a very evil dude.

[@stevejobs7353]

Just the determination and the unwavering will to accomplish the goal is absolutely incredible.

[@TheInfe]

With this level of dedication and intelligence he could be next Tesla if parents or teachers could grasp on his talent and push it in the right way

[@HubaibElahi]

poor guy deserved recognition, education and training

[@wasd____]

No, he was an idiot. What he did wasn't actually that hard to do, and it was something he knew was incredibly dangerous and shockingly negligent and reckless of the safety of other people around him.

[@HaloWolf102]

@@wasd____ As you learned from the video. His father wasn't the most responsible individual by getting someone else to do a parents job. The boy clearly lacked a strong father figure. Which is usually the case with problem children, is that they have unfit parents that "raise" them.

[@woodsiewood8310]

@@wasd____ if it’s not hard to do then why don’t you do it. Stop acting so arrogant

[@wasd____]

@@woodsiewood8310 "if it’s not hard to do then why don’t you do it." Because I'm smarter than to expose 40,000 people to radioactive contamination.

[@yangpaan453]

@@woodsiewood8310 "if it’s not hard to do then why don’t you do it." can always tell how stupi* a person is when they make this kind of comment. plenty of reasons to not break the law just because something is easy to do.

[@Th3Su8]

Thoughty2: "I'm not smart enough to build a nuclear reactor in my garden" Me: "I'm smart enough to NOT build a nuclear reactor in my garden"

[@v-rdays7525]

True

[@astratheboop]

I am both...

[@Ithat1guyl]

@@astratheboop me too

[@collinslagat3458]

Are you smart enough to build it elsewhere?

[@Ithat1guyl]

@@collinslagat3458 yes, the place was torn down

[@Daniel_WR_Hart]

He found an entire vial of the radioactive paint he needed inside a clock, rather than just a bunch of clocks that used the paint? That's the sort of thing you would expect in a video game

[@TalalAhmed]

I really enjoyed the storytelling and presentation. Thank you for your time and efforts.

[@michaelbato3251]

Sad thing is why didn't the government gave him a chance to show his talent. Put him to a school that specializes in his field and if he excels then give him a job. The world could have benefitted on his knowledge. He is a "RARE PERSON"

[@user-yg6ki7ou2y]

True

[@notjustforme8857]

Easy. That's the kind of person who would build a machine to destroy the world and then would turn it on, just to see if it works :)

[@michaelbato3251]

@@notjustforme8857 Robert Oppenheimer (Father of the Atomic Bomb) After WW2 the world saw the Destructive Force of Mankind Creation. WWI 1914-1918 WWII 1939-1945 No More World War Man Needs Dramatic Events to Accelerate Thinking. May be Robert Oppenheimer Save countless lives coz of his invention Something to think about

[@michaelbato3251]

@EJ Hill yes that could be a possibility. But he did recognize that's its getting out of hand and he dismantled it himself so he's not really off his rockers yet. In my opinion he needed guidance and supervision

[@wendychavez5348]

I met a young man who, in high school, hacked into a high government security (CIA or FBI level). Instead of hiring him to help improve their security, they gave him lifelong probation and a felony on his permanent record. High authorities aren't always smart about these things.

[@ssymboint7892]

What a big loss of great potential. it's a sad story, isn't it.

[@Caspianm2]

Burn twice as bright, burn half as long. Quite literally in this case.

[@minecraftstation6422]

@@Caspianm2 perfect quote

[@pamalawashington9371]

It really is!

[@nomos_lol]

I just feel bad for him. You’d think after hearing his story someone in the science community would have wanted to mentor him.

[@ssymboint7892]

@@nomos_lol Exactly. As they say, only the good die young.

[@BudEightySeven]

I had never heard this story before. Awesome job telling it!

[@mikoto7693]

“Sliding door moment.” So that’s what it’s called. I’ve experienced one of those myself and it was incredibly profound, though was more of a sliding door hour. Last February storm Eunice hit Great Britain with fierce winds amongst other things. Cooped up in my home I was casually flicking through KZbin when the algorithm took me to a livestream of planes struggling to land in those strong crosswinds. They flew into the wind and moved diagonally towards the runway at Heathrow Airport. I was absolutely transfixed by it. I had to learn more so the next day I began reading and studying it and found it fascinating. I kept learning until I eventually attended a jobs fair after the pandemic and found a company that provides ground support to airlines and so I approached them, got an interview and got the job. I love this job and I’m happy. But if I didn’t watch that livestream I’d have never known that I like aviation. That sliding door completely changed my life.

[@Gigglesnix]

This kid accomplished more in 2 hears than I ever will in my entire life

[@citizen5577]

Thats cos we keep on wasting our lives watching KZbin vids

[@horacepinker6578]

if he had been a bit more successful than this would have been a lifetime achievement albeit a short one.

[@houser2094]

Yeah i don't know what to do next. Everything costs money and I'm unemployed. I can't even set up a bank account

[@SATURN_ROBLOX]

Hears

[@MrVibriocholerae]

@@houser2094 how bout you get a job then? 😀

[@allepapaz7994]

Imagine a 911 call saying "there's a nuclear reactor in my neighbour's shed"

[@raven4k998]

mam we are sending someone to come and help you you will be safe soon in a padded room safe from the dangers of your mind

[@igshxn]

Thank u so much, interested in starting so soft during quarintine and just need a place to get started, thx for the support

[@KaleOrton]

Great stuff as usual T2. Many thanks!

[@acommenter4300]

Prime example of: "It's not can you do it, but should you do it?"

[@morbidmanmusic]

Always yes, works better for long term odds.

[@yuligamein5502]

Or my saying " just because you can dosint mean you should "

[@generichomosapien4666]

jimmy

[@trashyhobo4957]

>insert Jurasic Park line here

[@null5573]

Answer is yes

[@NoNameEst1992]

I'm confused as to what his parent were doing this entire time he's building a nuclear reactor...

[@NoNameEst1992]

@teflontelefon 😂 Great reply

[@The420Earthling]

Even if they saw it, they would not have understand what he was doing. He could have just told them anything, like...."oh that? dad is just a radio im building"

[@misformargaret4028]

I wondered the same thing. Guess he was an only child of divorced parents who were busy working and looked in on him just to make sure he was eating, bathing and doing his homework.

[@misformargaret4028]

@@The420Earthling His dad must be a science teacher or something similar because David went through his chemistry books.

[@moltenphoenix6187]

He was a smart guy so his mom trusted him. The real question is how crazy it was that after he was arrested the radiation stayed in that shed and poisoned the whole neighborhood for another 6 months. Just have rules to follow and nobody was allowed to share information back then.

[@tylertalsma7794]

Your jokes are always funny and I always learn new things I really appreciate the level of quality, the story telling.

[@mikehuff9793]

I love the fact that a 4-stage revere osmosis water purification system was included. Was that really how he assembled this reactor?

[@fumanchu4785]

Maybe not. But it is still far better than unrelated stockphotos that other stupid channels use!

[@cainancainan]

This sounds like a back story you’d find in audio logs on fallout

[@yukeyemadjocks9284]

Another settlement needs your help I’ll mark it on the map

[@tobythethird5694]

@@yukeyemadjocks9284 dang

[@captainpoptarts]

Agreed

[@darkslayer1161]

Billy the child ghoul before the great war

[@userware]

NUUK

[@KENOMAN1969]

In the MCU Tony Stark would have found him built him a suit and signed him up as an Avenger

[@DarthVader-ch4um]

He wouldn't waste the talents of an ambitious kid, I bet he would help him become Atom Man.

[@howsitgrowin]

Call him.. ThE cancer avenger lol

[@kooldudematt1]

@@DarthVader-ch4um Don't forget Spiderman too, then! xD

[@mrmagmo]

Nuclear boy with his nuclear suit :)

[@trevorthieme5157]

@@howsitgrowin Nope that title is taken by Deadpool. That was the whole reason he came to be after looking for ways to cure himself after all. If I'm remembering correctly that is?

[@turboflush]

A proper mentor he needed. My dad was kinda like this kid. On a smaller scale. Smartest guy I know. Attributed to him having chemistry sets as a kid. He has a minor scar as proof.

[@RikuElement]

This could totally be a docu-series. I’d love to watch it.

[@C31c10n3]

So basically a young genius was wasted because no one ever thought about actually supporting him?

[@thenomadicprince]

Correct

[@anthonycote2916]

Man his life was fucked up. Did you know his mom committed suicide In '96?

[@C31c10n3]

@@anthonycote2916 Yes, i happen to watch the video :P

[@DespaceMan]

Society at it's finest, this world has gone to trash just look around.

[@kristyandesouza5980]

Not really, he lied to lots of scientists and istitusions that would maybe otherwise guide him in a safe, better way, he aparently had much suport, he just hid away his things to everyone else, maybe, just maybe if he put the home reactor idea away and properly studied and learned more with more safety, he would actually be able to make a whole nuclear reactor just for the funsies without wasting his life and endangering everyone, i therefore think most of the problem coming from him not being honest and responsible enough

[@funtomental2823]

"Hey this kid made Chernobyl look bad after he learned Russian with Babbel"

[@RandySnarsh]

Ukraina not Russia

[@funtomental2823]

@@RandySnarsh The Ukraine, Not Ukraine.

[@seyamrahman1002]

@@funtomental2823 its just Ukraine as ‘the’ was officially removed by the Ukranian government after the collapse of the USSR. Also if you want to be super technical it would be україна

[@DaedalusYoung]

@@RandySnarsh Russian is the language, not the country.

[@maxcherneta3460]

@@DaedalusYoung Ukrainian is the language

[@neilacrabtree1617]

I found your channel this weekend and I am hooked! Been watching for 2 days straight. Hoping to catch up on the last 8 years. Love your accent, watching from the U.S. This is the most interesting KZbin channel ive found so far.

[@Playingwith3D]

My highschool had chemistry and physics books from the 20's-50's in its library. If you wanted to know how to build a reactor it was in those books. I would imagine that the early days of nuclear research you could probably order some uranium through the mail.

[@jeromebarry1741]

Yellowcake is readily available and mostly harmless. The creating of U235 from it is terribly expensive.

[@zerovalon6243]

I know you could order some radioactive stuff in the 20's

[@alexisjuillard4816]

@@zerovalon6243 in the 20-30s you didn't even need to place an order to get some highly radioactive materials. They put it everywhere from beauty creams to clocks and food.

[@alexisjuillard4816]

If you want to learn how to built a reactor you can pretty easily especially now that we have interet. It takes time and knowledge to learn by your own but it's not that hard. Hell i probably could make the plans to build step by step a reactor if given enough time, and anyone who as me has studied physics could. If you know the theory, the science behind you understand how it works and what general steps are required, you have a very broad idea of how to do it Finding the knowledge is realitively easiy and will never be impossible nor should it. That knowledge is also a byproduct of many other scientific projects or notions and without banning physicis you're just gonna have to accept that people will always be able to learn how to make deadly thing. The part that you have power on is on how easily these people get acces to the hardwarr

[@FBurck]

You can get it on ebay if you are intrested

[@howtogetb1tches191]

The literal definition of the “quiet kid”

[@Noober_0]

Yes

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm2528]

Yes

[@sisicoco649]

Hehehe. And how society treats them.🤐🤐

[@camofpv]

The hell man. This was extremely amazingly put together piece of history. Very informative and entertaining to the roof. Fair enough I’ve been enjoying some beverages tonight, but nevertheless- I want more of this and you’ve got one more subscriber, reluctant these days to add any more, but I just may do some clear out to make space in my life for this creative content.

[@HuckBuddies]

I've heard this story many times!!! But how you told it is absolutely Beautiful 😊

[@sheldonmurphy6031]

This was super sad! If I ever found out my teen child "built" a reactor in a freaking shed, I would be calling everyone I could think of, to get my son a full scholarship, internship, etc to further his education!

[@adamtheangler]

Unfortunately, some parents are shitty people and see their children's potential as dangerous, or stupid, etc. Instead of being seen as the genius he was, instead he was deemed a menace, which obviously affected his mental health and led to an extremely sad death of someone that could have contributed so much to society.

[@KumeOzoro]

@sheldon murphy, That's quite true. It beats me that she ended up killing herself instead of pouring whatever energies she had left into paving way for her son's talents to be put to good use.

[@KumeOzoro]

@@adamtheangler you're onto something there.

[@zeehero7280]

This is why we don't have many great scientific minds anymore. People have become so stupid they view being smart and dangerously bored as a disease not a blessing. Idiocracy is my favorite documentary. and probably the most accurate one I've seen.

[@sheldonmurphy6031]

@@zeehero7280 Yo thanks for the movie recommendation! I found it, and going to check it out! 😁

[@dwrabauke]

This is even more sad when you think about that a man named Otto Hahn was a German chemist who discovered several radioactive isotopes and also succeeded in demonstrating the radioactive recoil. It's a shame that this boy never recieved the proper education guidance and mentorship he so desperately needed. Somehow it seems like so much potential so uneccessarily wasted.

[@bhandos9062]

its america not germany They would rather kill or lock up these kids for the rest of their lives instead of giving them proper education even if they are the next Einstein.

[@nicksgarage8295]

@@bhandos9062 true

[@richard012]

@@bhandos9062 based on what are you saying that

[@richard012]

@@bhandos9062 you obviously not smart enough to be involved with programs dealing with intelligent children. early enrollment and admissions there are a bunch more

[@LatinPlayer10]

How does that make it more sad?

[@starliaghtsz8400]

I love that guy, curious, talented, and always aspiring for more, shown incredible resourcefullness and determination in the face of major roadblocks, sure the entire thing mighte gone a little out of hand but thats more on the authorities of the time not recognizing him

[@BionicRusty]

Such a sad tale of an obviously brilliant mind. 😢 RIP David. 💔

[@christophersullivan8513]

I went to Marine Corps boot camp with David he was so much more intelligent than people can understand. He was also a nut and hilarious as hell lol he made a really miserable experience like boot camp a laugh riot. RIP buddy and they’re still talking about you kid!

[@youngreezy363]

Damn that's cool that you knew the man

[@Photops]

Fa sho

[@ginyuraiyuden1104]

I call cap

[@Photops]

@@ginyuraiyuden1104 same

[@flack2998]

you knew this boy who created the nuclear reactor? dang, seems kinda fake tho…

[@CrisMind]

As a nuclear engineer, we had to learn about this in schooling Extremely smart and dedicated kid

[@seyamrahman1002]

Can I have some uranium?

[@macbain1395]

@@seyamrahman1002 You don't need uranium to have nuclear power. Are you building a traditional light water fission reactor?

[@patrickmclaughlin61]

@@seyamrahman1002 you'd want to go with the breeder reactor. Better value.

[@HowsYourFaceFeel]

@@macbain1395 who says were building a reactor?

[@macbain1395]

@@HowsYourFaceFeel why do you want the uranium?

[@scsdenver]

Great job on this story. I hope it is all true information and researched, as it appears to be.😊

[@zharpain]

The fact that he just found a vial of radium paint is the oddest and oddly terrifying part of this video all considered. Makes me want to go check the antiques stores near me lol.

[@christopherleubner6633]

Sadly there are far worse radioactivity items floating around. The worst I've ever seen was a little velvet lined box at a swap meet that had 5x 100mg vials of pure crystalline radium bromide. I had a bunch of CDV 700 Geiger counters and the needle pegged in the first two ranges. It was a guy across the road that had a bunch of old radium aircraft gauges and radios. He had the little box on his table completely oblivious of the extremely dangerous contents. The tiny vials literally bleached the violet felt lining white near the vials. The box was so hot it made the old Geiger counter unresponsive at 12 feet from it. It measured about 45R/Hr on a CDV 715 meter. Warned the guy selling it that it was indeed actually radium and rather dangerous. This was 2014 at the Milwaukee ham fest that year. 😳

[@masterpython]

Scrapyards are better sources of scary radioactive stuff. Sometimes we get some radioactive rebar

[@sabinegierth-waniczek4872]

@@christopherleubner6633 How about the classical Bohemian glassware, beautifully coloured using e.g. uranium and cadmium? I have no access to a Geiger counter, but I think some pantries could also be glowing in the dark!

[@Double_Jae]

There’s a hundred and four days of summer vacation…

[@frxnzyexe]

Ah what a classic, phineas and ferb

[@stumpDD978]

Hey it’s Perry the platypus

[@opoku-agyeman]

this brought back memories lol

[@bezvezenetko]

Enjoy.

[@TheCube31]

Let's do some radiation~~

[@collincampbell7508]

“he was able to build this in a cave, with a bunch of scrapes”

[@caydevargas5631]

I'm not Tony Stark

[@JayyMillie]

Sounds like Dr.Stone

[@coemoney]

Scraps?

[@hoodiefoodie9393]

Hahaha

[@kentwotep8877]

@@coemoney he said grapes

[@GS-by7ci]

This is actually really sad. I grew up in Inkster just a few Burroughs away. I'm around the same age and remember hearing about him. Kind of a local legend. Too bad he didn't go on to achieve great things. He could've been the Eminem everybody wanted to be.

[@dannysrigid]

I went to jr high school 2 blocks away from his house (grew up 2 miles away), although I was close to 30yo when this happened. Small world, I lived in Ink Town with a friend just a few years after the incident (Middlebelt/Cherry Hill).

[@v037_]

Thanks for the full guide

[@rossnewsome3603]

I love that he used an image of a reverse osmosis water filtration system to represent a nuclear reactor.

[@feralbluee]

thanks, i looked it up. the gov’t should give them to every place that uses drinking water in contaminated areas. but that would too helpful as it would really work!! 💦🚰🧊

[@Redemptive_Neerdowell]

And yet another reason why people don't like nuclear power, even though it is safer than the blood stained wind turbines and space-consuming fields of bird-cooking solar pannels

[@themarlboromandalorian]

@@feralbluee plastic garbage bags.

[@slipstream53]

@@feralbluee it's expensive and it strips the water of all minerals making it dangerous to live off of.

[@Belarithian]

@@slipstream53 It is indeed expensive but the tech exists to "re-salinate" the water for "normal" mineral levels.

[@jdeanpickering1322]

I read about him about the same time as I was going through Boy Scouts, and kind of held him up as a hero of sorts for quite a while. Rest in Peace David, October 30, 1976 - September 27, 2016.

[@tigheb5412]

Ooooooh, just short of 40 lol

[@DatM135i]

Rip

[@yasserhussaini2104]

RIP

[@jetstrawgaming9386]

Probably cause of his interaction with radiation

[@tigheb5412]

@@jetstrawgaming9386 nooooo, you don't say

[@StarlightCipher]

Fission Nuclear reactors are actually really easy to source parts for and build, its the fuel that is usually the problem.

[@bestmybest]

Thank you for sharing this story.

[@ghostnike901]

"David Hahn was able to build this thing in a pottery shed....with a box of scraps" Pretty sure his next project would have been a mech suit

[@JeremiahAdams2014]

That's a good point 🤔 access to loving parents like Tony Stark's with their wealth is key to the difference between a person with an obsession and someone learning out of curiosity. He had no one to balance the rest of his life 😪 so his work became his own ability to cope with no human interaction 😢 😔 💔 dad should have been reading every damn book and doing every experiment with him, but as explained, divorced parents, and mom kills herself!?! A recipe for disaster for sure, so sad but for all of human history, countless stories of wasted potential because no one knows or wants to recognize our true purpose in life! We are not physical beings living a temporary existence! We are spiritual beings living a temporary physical life! Humanity must study that purpose before our material success and knowing far outpaces our understanding of to properly use that knowledge for good instead of it destroying ourselves!

[@speedyboi1471]

a logical continuation after just finishing making the power source lol

[@Eurisko229]

This kid is the real jimmy neutron boy genius.

[@berrycade]

Jimmy Neutron maybe but not a genius

[@DisturbedGeneration]

Only a genius could create a neutron gun out of smoke detectors..

[@Unmannedair]

@@berrycade the kid was solving problems 30-year-olds struggle with when he was 15... Using the terrible definition of IQ, and the terrible limitations it imposes. That is an IQ of around 200. That is pretty firmly within the arbitrary definition of genius. The thing is though, genius doesn't exist. The thing that's mistaken for genius is often unintentional preparation. There are far more people that society would otherwise call geniuses just floating around unrecognized in society than most would believe. They may lack motivation, or development, or opportunity. But they are brilliant nonetheless. Often times highly focused in niche fields. They are part of the mechanism that allows society to adapt and thrive in spite of difficulty. If they're lucky enough to find some subject that is fulfilling, then they truly are some of the happiest people. Fame, notoriety, and recognition are not always desirable.

[@berrycade]

@@Unmannedair Nice essay however, your classification of genius seems rather odd. Firstly, you immediately assume his IQ to be 200 despite there not being sufficient evidence to prove this. Secondly, your definition of genius consists only of an above higher IQ level. Personally, I would never attribute genius level intelligence this person. He researched, found help, and applied what he learned when improvising. Yes he is smarter than average but it's not like he is DaVinci, designing solutions to problems that don't exist yet or Tesla, invisioning entire massive machines in his mind. Not to mention the fact that he lacks the common sence not to build a nuclear reactor, unsupervised and without propper precautions. He is smart, resourceful, and highly-motivated - but no genius.

[@coconuthead8484]

@@berrycade ha you’re just a hater because the only thing you can do is play fortnite 💀

[@SteveWalkey]

I love the narrative, the little nuggets of info such as the Nobel story... Good stuff!

[@LSD97123]

he reminds me of me as a kid. I was nowhere near him in terms of ingenuity, but I was a very curious boy who had a great passion in science and technology. I was doing experiments in a shed made by myself in the backyard. but I was not very good at school, specially in subjects that I still consider a waste of time. My father thought I was failing at school because of all the nonsense I was doing in the backyard, and trashed all my equipment.

[@scatterbrain7135]

That reactor picture is a reverse osmosis water purification system, with a radiation sticker 🤣🤣🤣

[@dmondg3281]

RODI water filter...I have 2 of them 😁

[@themonocleguy371]

ahhh I see you are somewhat of a scientist yourself

[@Chuckiele]

@@dmondg3281 I hope you dont use them for tap water. For the sake of your wallet I mean.

[@MAMoonboy]

The fact that the boy has no face during the whole video makes it seem even more like a villain story lol

[@SirMCraftalot]

Normally I skip through the sales pitch. But the presentation and content of your ad was intriguing. I watched all the way through and shall again. Sir, you make the mundane, exceptional! 11 out of 10.

[@Loud_Kid]

Bro, I friggin listened to your random facts podcast and I miss it so much, I just randomly found this video

[@TheVictorLoyiso]

Dad: “Son how was your day” Son: “nothing much, in our basement, I just managed to split some radio active isotopes, while isolating its necleus, without blowing the neighbourhood up 🤷🏽‍♂️. Sadly the level of purified uranium were only at 20% which is appalling😭. How was yours”

[@pink_love_cat4928]

🤔.................🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sce2aux464]

Cue the screeching of times....

[@therrelllyon196]

Facts…😂😂😂🤣😂

[@aaronwkeech7328]

David just needed a good chemistry teacher to guide him.

[@gangleweed]

LOL.....like that guy in Breaking Bad........Captain Cook?....Walter White sure did guide him to success.....I have the complete series on DVD....quite scary when you get into it.

[@MrGermandeutsch]

@@gangleweed that's a lot of dots

[@haruyanto8085]

He needs some milk

[@fakeaccount7630]

*to brain wash him

[@MrGermandeutsch]

@@fakeaccount7630 bruh

[@Chardok2]

The Atomic energy merit badge was replaced by the Nuclear Science Merit badge - it's ultimately the same thing. it wasn't ditched, just re-tagged.

[@mannyoso7988]

This was a great one brotha

[@sameermunshi1615]

David Hahn is literally the mad scientist character we see in cartoons and TV

[@odacova3319]

True

[@dggyttggyhgzde1501]

D.H:I’m not just gonna make explosives IM GOING TO MAKE A FREACKING NUCLEAR GENERATOR

[@georgehill5919]

Jimmy Neutron was based on David Hahn.

[@mmeers89]

So given his ingenuity and jury-rigging capabilities, why wasn't he recruited by the government or something. He could have hailed the beginning of a new energy efficient era.

[@DiegoRYT]

he was extremely good at one goal...probably underskilled in other requirements

[@Direwolf9818]

@@DiegoRYT he was 17 or something like that they could have taught him

[@seanbarnes9021]

Because no one wants a mentally unstable guy playing with nuclear stuff.

[@Frei_Sinn]

@@seanbarnes9021 the most important comment here!

[@ImAlxxy]

David was a classic Safety Third type guy. Love it

[@rzub]

This is one my favorite Thoughty 2 episode .

[@OzzySchoonover]

I'm not entirely convinced that the death of him and his mother are unrelated to his nuclear experiments. There are numerous studies that show a link between neuropsychiatric disorders and exposure to ionizing radiation. These findings have ranged anywhere from depression to schizophrenia, and appear to be fairly well corroborated across numerous trials.

[@X-Cactus]

With how negligent he was with his experiments, it's quite obvious the idiot killed himself with his own experiments.

[@saltylemon4436]

@@X-Cactus The video literally said he died from drinking fentanyl and allergy medication what are you talking about?

[@imthegoat94]

David did have schizophrenia

[@SilverbackGorilla69]

@@X-Cactus Look up the demon core. Some very smart people were also very negligent with that. Wouldn't call any of them, including Hahn idiots though.

[@jurio3117]

Source?

[@jaexyboy-3880]

It’s crazy that there’s so many situations like this in the world where people with absolute brilliant abilities and knowledge end up having dead end lives because they’re to outside the norm

[@ctwolf]

human ego is the greatest tragedy.

[@billcipherproductions1789]

@@ctwolf But it'll always stay with us.

[@ctwolf]

@@billcipherproductions1789 sadly

[@billcipherproductions1789]

@@ctwolf Yeah.

[@KieSeyHow]

Except he was not brilliant at all. Careless and foolish, just with a sense of tenacity and focus. With the right training, he would have made a great career criminal.

[@MerchantKane]

low key, if i had the energy to go and do this this stuff, i would have, shits mad cool

[@Hogger280]

That cocktail he ingested was not an "Accident" - the man was too smart - he knew what he did.

[@userware]

too smart for his own good means not smart bro

[@JackHernandezGentlemanJack]

the accident was wanting to kill himself in a moment of emotion that would pass

[@Hogger280]

@@JackHernandezGentlemanJack What you refer to as an accident is a "Choice". If we applied your definition to murders, they would all become accidents.

[@FR099Y]

@@Hogger280 No, Not all murders are committed "In the moment". The same as how not all suicides are.

[@Human_01]

Also... To intelligent readers (who do 'not’ have a ‘pathological disregard for rationality and reality'). I recommend researching 'narcissitic personality disorder' (NPD) / 'cluster-B'; and know that they are the 'root of all evil' (especially 'ESFJ/ESTJ-narcissits'; Myers-Briggs reference, look it up)! European 'ESFJ' are the worst personality type, and they are responsible for inventing 'racism' and colonization! It is in their neuro-psychology!! The are extremely 'manipulative' and often use 'looking pretty' to distract others from the witch's mind-games / mind-rape, e.g. gaslighting, playing the victim or damsel in distress, creating 'flying-monkeys', and paying others to attack (or at times kill) someone for her. When caught, she will use her minions as scapegoats. European ESFJ are notorious for this especially in a racist context, e.g. Elliott Till. ISFP (and ESFP) are the most complicit, narcissitic-enablers. ISFP also tend to be 'oblivious-codependants' (look up the definition). SUMMARY: Evil personality: ESFJ (ALL), ESTJ (cluster-b) [Secretly] Evil and narcissit-friendly gunts/flying-monkey: ISFP (ALL), ESFP (ALL). ☝️ALL of them are secretly emotionally-disturbed, hence their need to create conflict (and at other people's expense, truly evil). Spread the word! Thank you. 🙏 ___________ #Save_Soil

[@spritemon98]

Back in the day you could buy a chemistry set that included uranium

[@michac.8283]

You can still buy uranium ore no problem

[@devinup3981]

Back in the day you could also buy RadiThor, an "energy drink" that consisted of radium dissolved in water.

[@generichomosapien4666]

jimmy

[@theophrastus3.056]

An mercury too.

[@BudBreaker]

@@devinup3981 Nuka Cola lol

[@Tempestspy]

Thanks for this. I love it!

[@Sirkento]

It's not very often I watch one video and hit the Subscribe button oh my gosh that was an amazing production! Extremely well done and I've been curious about this after leaving the US Nuclear Navy for a very long time and now I finally stumbled on it. It is fascinating Beyond Reason what he achieved. I'm very curious to hear more about the NRC person who instructed him directly or indirectly to use a better Neutron gun. I think that goes pretty boldly in the face of the goals of that organization to distribute that information to General Public for abuse

[@rogerkearns8094]

If his reactor was critical, he'd have known about it in a flash.

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

Ha HA! flash.

[@Unmannedair]

Ba dum Tish...

[@carmenmorissette3591]

his whole city wouldve known too!! :D

[@theophrastus3.056]

Gives new meaning to what parents sometimes say to toddlers who trip while playing: "Awww, fall down, go boom?"

[@mhqa_]

LMAO

[@Sralx5]

Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me. I ain't the sharpest nuclear reactor in the shed

[@innocentbystander3317]

I was lookin kinda dumb With a finger and a thumb Growing out of my forehead.

[@mikespearwood3914]

@@innocentbystander3317 Well, the mutations start coming, and they don't stop coming!

[@carguy9292]

@@mikespearwood3914 fed to the rules and I hit the ground running

[@d_mm]

@@carguy9292 didnt make sense not to live for fun, gonna go harness the power of the sun

[@fishrenfroeboyd7954]

So much can blow, so many neighbors, so what’s wrong with a nuke in my back shed. Your liver glows and radiates, your citys gonna throw a lotta Hate.

[@Pixelangeltube]

I just looove your videos!! Been here when the camera and sound was weird! 🤣

[@casparcoaster1936]

In 1969, was dosed 14 days (every other day) w/ cobalt 60 for a rare tumor above the roof of my mouth at age 12. We'd used to swim in the cooling water from a local powerplant just south of Baltimore city, and I think that caused it. It did change my personality. I also had to get a gonad hacked off at age 38, and a huge Menigioma removed from my left temple at age 60. Well, just to bring it all full circle, I just (April 2022) had to get Gamma Knife treatment for regrowth of that Meningioma. But, along the way, I learned meditation & yoga from the Beatles guru, and practiced it regularly all these years, and, well, little radiation here in there, wasn't that bad. I feared radioactive spiders though...

[@JoeRogansForehead]

Radiation wasn’t that bad! I just had to get my nuts cut off and two tumors cut out of my brain! Sure am glad those power plant operators polluted the local water source that we could swim in! God damn boomers …

[@jwhite1016aol]

Let me tell ya a story bout a boy name Dave, built a reactor with a radiation wave. Locked up inside his mothers shed, was a device nearly killed us all dead.

[@Za_Huncho]

LOL

[@demuthstewart3187]

😂😂

[@mollyram2997]

yasss

[@AlanaBananaCanada]

Took one little boom and his dad got scared, he said, "you're moving to the woods so we can all be spared"

[@AlanaBananaCanada]

wait, were singing this to the tune of Fresh Prince right?

[@Codejedi]

Mom: "Go play with the neighbor's kid" The neighbor's kid:

[@raven4k998]

runs away

[@kch7051]

You could have said nothing after this, but i was 100% sold on you and the channel when you said David’s Geiger counter was going “absolutely mental”. Amen

[@DanRTS]

Fantastic video, and utterly incredible and so tragic. I also love that detail to humour at 15:07 'coffee filters' is a facemask. Heh. Cudos.

[@765kvline]

Hahn: I quietly wondered if he was related to Dr. Otto Hahn, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1944 for his discovery of the fission of heavy nuclei? .

[@leighatkins22]

Nothing would surprise me at this point.

[@SunRabbit]

West Germany issued a commemorative coin for Dr. Otto Hahn in 1979, the first non-Silver commemorative 5-Mark. Maybe they hoped that an aspiring nuclear physicist / coin collector in the future would be able to convert the copper-nickel into Silver using something like proton bombardment. To be accurate, they did issue 18 off-metal strikes in Silver which are quite rare and valuable. Question is, why 18? Wasn't David Hahn 18 when he pulled off his little nuclear Boy Scout stunt?

[@tysondavis9822]

@@SunRabbit LOL that is cool

[@uggligr]

The answer is no. Sorry. Different family lineages.

[@torbenvorberg342]

@@leighatkins22k

[@isabellam1936]

I’ve heard this story at least three times in detail before but the way you tell it just makes it 87x more “wtf” and hilarious. You are a master storyteller.

[@justifiable6474]

Arran, you're a legend, your wit and analogies have got me through some dark times, thank you

[@Lukefreakwalker]

That is such an interesting and tragic story! Who knows what he might have become had he received proper instruction and care?

[@SilverbladeDagger]

David Hahn was just a year younger than me, and although I didn't know him personally, I knew his uncle, who was a teacher at the high school I went to here in Lansing, Michigan. I heard about this story before, but I didn't realize it was from Michigan, or he was related to my former teacher until much later.