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		orangea on Oct 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Oh-My-God Particle If you got hit by one of these then you wouldn't feel anything. The energy is about 50 joules, or about 1/2 of the heat that a human body produces in a second.

r2_pilot on Oct 6, 2023 [–]

I wonder if it would kill a flea, or barring that, a bacterium.

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