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Collecting and Seling Metal Artifacts
The conversation then turns to the speaker’s involvement in buying and selling metal samples related to Ground Zero in New York City, as well as Hiroshima. They mention purchasing these pieces on eBay and receiving metallic fragments through the mail, often via media programs like "Strange Science Frontiers." Ultimately, they decided to resell these artifacts, emphasizing that the collection served as a hobby rather than a fixation.
They discuss the properties of steel, noting how it becomes soft when red-hot—an insight into metallurgy. The speaker shares a fascination with how metals are forged and hardened, and mentions that various structural elements of buildings contain metal samples undergoing testing.