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170: The Man Who Drank Radioactive Water (Until His Jaw Fell Off)

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Radithor

Radithor was launched in 1918 across the USA with the tagline cure for the living dead. So would you like to see the bottle? Oh, please. This is very much snake oil salesman, although usually snake oils are relatively harmless and just don't do what they're supposed to. In this case, this snake oil will kill you. It's ridiculous how much he managed to just consume. And the fact that he was sort of essentially awake and lucid for as long as he was is shocking.

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