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What if you stared at the Elephant’s Foot for 5 minutes? Plot twist: it’s not the looking that’s dangerous—it’s the invisible radiation coming off one of the most infamous objects left from the Chernobyl disaster. The Elephant’s Foot is a melted, rock-like lump of reactor material (“corium”) hidden deep under Reactor 4.
In this short, you’ll see why even a few minutes nearby used to be insanely risky, how radiation exposure actually works, and why the real danger is something you can’t smell, see, or feel—until it’s too late. ☢️🧠
No horror.
No gore.
Just real science that makes you whisper: “Wait… that thing is real?”

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00:00What if you stared at the elephant's foot for five minutes?
00:02It's a melted nuclear core, still radioactive.
00:05In 1986, it blasted deadly radiation every hour.
00:09One photo could cost your life. Would you take it?
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