In 1978, Soviet physicist Anatoli Bugorski survived being struck by a proton beam traveling at nearly the speed of light while inspecting a broken particle accelerator; the beam, hotter than the sun's surface, passed through his skull and caused a remarkable biological effect where the left side of his face stopped aging completely while the right side aged normally, demonstrating that high-energy radiation can produce asymmetric biological effects on human tissue.
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Man Survives Particle Beam Through His Head - Half His Face Stopped AgingAdded:
Did you know a man survived having his head blasted by a particle beam more powerful than an atomic bomb? In 1978, Soviet physicist Anatoli Bugorski was checking a broken particle accelerator.
He leaned over the machine to look inside. At that exact moment, the safety mechanisms failed. A proton beam traveling at nearly the speed of light shot straight through his skull. The beam was hotter than the surface of the sun. It should have killed him instantly. Instead, something impossible happened. The left side of his face stopped aging completely while the right side grew old normally. Half of his face frozen in time forever.
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