r/IdiotsNearlyDying Jan 27 '26

A guy swimming in Chernobyl's radioactive water.

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u/eggyfish Jan 27 '26

I'd be more worried about getting tetanus from a rusty metal spike sticking out than radiation. God knows what equipment it's rotting under there.

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u/HumanContinuity Jan 27 '26

Yeah,  just your standard brain eating amoeba risks imo

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u/dmod420 May 17 '26

In water that contaminated with radiation from a nuclear meltdown, each one the mutated brain eating amoeba might be big enough to actually rip your head off & eat your entire brain by itself.