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Man dies after being pulled into MRI machine while wearing metal chain: Police (abcnews.go.com)
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A 61-year-old man who suffered critical injuries after being pulled into an MRI machine while wearing a metal chain has died, police said Friday.

The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon at a medical building in Westbury, New York, according to the Nassau County Police Department.

Officers responded to Nassau Open MRI following a 911 call and were informed that the man "entered an unauthorized Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) room while the scan was in progress," the police department said in a statement.

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[–] 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Arrested development, S3E11

George: ... The prosecution is going to want to have access to the hard drive, so I just want to make sure everything is nice and clean for them.

Michael: What the hell is that thing?

George: An electromagnet. Think of it as a giant delete key.
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Lucille enters. Her necklace is ripped from her and snaps to the electromagnet across the room.

Lucille: That’s not a real gold necklace, is it?

George: Well, it wasn’t really your 50th birthday.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Happened in a physics course from my old teacher. A girl had a golden chain she got from her boyfriend and was sure it was pure gold, until that faithful outing to visit the nearby universities particle accelerator...

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    which is extra dumb when you realise no jewellery is ever pure gold. It is 22K. Otherwise it cannot withstand daily wear and tear.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    "Pure gold" as in "not just gold plated something", of course. And 22k is actually rare for jewellry, most of it is 10, 14, and 18k. If you watch Sreetips, it seems to be distributed in an about ratio of 2:2:1.

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