The Tragic Radium Girls

Did you knwo? A century ago, factory girls were hired to paint watch dials with glowing

radium paint. They were told the paint was harmless, so they would use their lips to sharpen

the tips of their brushes, essentially eating the radiation. Soon,

their teeth began to fall out. Then, their jawbones began to literally crumble

and glow through their skin. To this day, the bodies of these women are still

so radioactive that if you stood over their graves with a Geiger counter, it would start screaming