{"id":3232,"date":"2014-02-28T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drscience.com\/wordpress\/archives\/3232"},"modified":"2014-02-28T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T21:00:00","slug":"breakdancing-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drscience.com\/wordpress\/archives\/3232","title":{"rendered":"Breakdancing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"QuestionImage\"<\/a>  Many doctors are now saying that breakdancing can be physically dangerous. Since I spent most of my free time in the ’80s breakdancing, can you tell me if there’s any truth to this? <\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

———- from George Turner of Des Moines, IA<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"  Breakdancing was invented by nuclear physicists. Back in the ’50s, if a physicist wanted to be the life of a party, all he had to do was drop to the floor, spin around real fast and shout, “Hey, look at me, everybody, I’m a cyclotron!” Today, of course, breakdancing is out of the lab and into the streets. Well, let me tell you the only possible danger was that breakdancing, like a cyclotron, could have split your atoms if you went too fast. Many physicists now have an identical twin as a result of their party fun. Still, if you were a lonely breakdancer, this might appeal to you. Or have you noticed a new twin in the past decade, George? <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"QuestionImage\"<\/a>Many doctors are now saying that breakdancing can be physically dangerous. Since I spent most of my free time in the ’80s breakdancing, can you tell me if there’s any truth to this?

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