The Time We Thought Eating Radiation Was A Good Idea

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Radium Chocolate, Radium Toothpaste, Radium Cigarettes and even radium condoms!
The discovery of radiation brought about all sorts of radioactive quackery. But none was more dramatic than the case of the Radium Girls.
Let me tell you their story.


This video was heavily inspired by Oversimplified and Bill Wurtz (Especially his history of the entire world, I guess)
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Music used:
By Kevin Mcleod:
Accralate
I Knew a Guy
Sneaky Snitch
Infados
Investigation
Minima
Marty Gots a Plan
Invariance
Face Off
Expeditionary
Constance - The Descent
Desert City
Exotic Battle




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