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"I bought this to power a home-made submarine" :P
I'm really enjoying the comments.
What is the most interesting thing I could do with this?
Test your geiger counter, it sounds like. I think that's about it.
There isn't a whole lot you can do with it, you are basically getting a rock. You can show it is radioactive by running a geiger counter across it. Interestingly enough the old rare earth mine in Nevada, back when it was closed and essentially "abandoned" had a variety of radioactive materials in its tailings (the most common being Thorium) we did a science trip once to grab some and figure out the various isotopes in it.

If you put it in an air tight container you can collect Radon.

It's so low-radioactivity that it's license exempt. The warning labels are just for novelty.

You probably have a more radioactive americium source in each of your smoke detectors than in that entire jar.

The reviews are where the real fun is at.
And now I'm probably on some watch list.
I mean, it's just rocks from the ground right? "Radioactive Ore Sample (NORM) Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials"

amazon comments are gold though.

I just love how it's categorized under "Occupational Health & Safety Products."

Does this mean I can list my chloroform under the "Cosmetics" category too?