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Nuclear Explosions Key To Spotting Fake Art

Posted by Soulskill on from the all-the-more-reason-to-launch-nukes dept.

Socguy writes "A Russian art curator, Elena Basner, is claiming to have a foolproof method for determining whether or not particular paintings have been created since 1945. She claims that isotopes released into the environment by man-made nuclear explosions have found their way into types of the natural oils used to make paints."

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  1. Nuke paintings! hey, burning books worked. by swschrad · · Score: 0, Troll

    right?

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  2. Re:"I do see the value of trying to reenact ancien by binarybum · · Score: 0, Troll

    yes. glad to see this point brought up. it is well known that aliens built the pyramids.

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