"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> DungBeatle wrote:
> > Marie Curie died of radiation poisoning...
> Ah yes. But that name is attached to the Marie Curie
Cancer Trust -
> people trying to *prevent* others from dying horribly like
she did. This
> seems a more appropriate association.


The "curie" is a unit of radioactivity.. :)

> > She had carried test tubes containing radioactive
isotopes
> > in her pocket and stored them in her desk drawer,
remarking
> > on the pretty blue-green light that the substances gave
off
> > in the dark.
>
> Heh, well, why wouldn't you? I mean, if you had no idea
this stuff was
> dangerous...

I'm not sure if I would. Maybe, me being a scientist, I
would
try placing these test tubes in with some rats and see what
happens first...

~db

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