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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
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The Darkest Thing by Caroline Bgonesi
Nuclear science had a much more fantastical and optimistic following on previous episodes of the weirdest thing. We've talked about how this led to some very dangerous and misguided nonsense, like irradiating slippers so they could glow in the dark. This week we look at what happened when scientists were just starting to really understand radioactivity - and there wasn't a giant war to worry about.
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