The Man Who Survived Being Shot Through the Head By the World’s Strongest Laser

What It Felt Like

Anatoli described the feeling as “experiencing the brightness of one thousand suns,” but he said the beam passed through painlessly. The scientists, Anatoli included, predicted that the beam would have just burned a hole completely through his head and kill him instantly. Anatoli became a case study, but the science didn’t seem to match up with the result…

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