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  1. Many watches made in the #RoaringTwenties had ‘glow-in-the-dark’ faces because watch hands and numerals were painted with radioactive ☢️ radium. The harmful effects of which were first observed in the ‘radium girls’ who licked the paint brushes used to get finer points to paint with greater precision. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_f

    But did you also know that expensive ‘glowing’ cocktails were also a fad, and sold as ‘energy drinks’? They even marketed Tho-radia, a hemorrhoid cream!

    #Science #Histodons

  2. Many watches made in the #RoaringTwenties had ‘glow-in-the-dark’ faces because watch hands and numerals were painted with radioactive ☢️ radium. The harmful effects of which were first observed in the ‘radium girls’ who licked the paint brushes used to get finer points to paint with greater precision. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_f

    But did you also know that expensive ‘glowing’ cocktails were also a fad, and sold as ‘energy drinks’? They even marketed Tho-radia, a hemorrhoid cream!

    #Science #Histodons

  3. Many watches made in the #RoaringTwenties had ‘glow-in-the-dark’ faces because watch hands and numerals were painted with radioactive ☢️ radium. The harmful effects of which were first observed in the ‘radium girls’ who licked the paint brushes used to get finer points to paint with greater precision. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_f

    But did you also know that expensive ‘glowing’ cocktails were also a fad, and sold as ‘energy drinks’? They even marketed Tho-radia, a hemorrhoid cream!

    #Science #Histodons

  4. Many watches made in the #RoaringTwenties had ‘glow-in-the-dark’ faces because watch hands and numerals were painted with radioactive ☢️ radium. The harmful effects of which were first observed in the ‘radium girls’ who licked the paint brushes used to get finer points to paint with greater precision. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_f

    But did you also know that expensive ‘glowing’ cocktails were also a fad, and sold as ‘energy drinks’? They even marketed Tho-radia, a hemorrhoid cream!

    #Science #Histodons

  5. Many watches made in the #RoaringTwenties had ‘glow-in-the-dark’ faces because watch hands and numerals were painted with radioactive ☢️ radium. The harmful effects of which were first observed in the ‘radium girls’ who licked the paint brushes used to get finer points to paint with greater precision. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_f

    But did you also know that expensive ‘glowing’ cocktails were also a fad, and sold as ‘energy drinks’? They even marketed Tho-radia, a hemorrhoid cream!

    #Science #Histodons