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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

But the half life of polonium 210 is just 138 days. other is a few days. radium 226 is 1602 years. Why couldn't the earth have started with a lot of radium 226? Checkmate round earthers.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

Could have started with lead directly. Why go the extra mile.