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Felicia, the Fermilab ferret

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In 1971, this ferret played a key role in the construction of particle accelerators at Fermilab’s Meson Laboratory. As sections of vacuum chamber were connected together, Felicia would run through them, dragging a string. After she had carried the string all the way through, researchers would use the line to run a rag doused in cleaning solution through the long, narrow tubes.
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