TIL that Marie Curie, who discovered polonium and radium, used to carry it around in her pocket, and even admired the glow of it at night, which ultimately led to her death.

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/themes/physics/curie/



Submitted April 11, 2015 at 10:42PM by mazidul101 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/328vyn/til_that_marie_curie_who_discovered_polonium_and/