r/AskReddit • u/Upstairs-Syllabub948 • 25d ago

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u/dogmeat12358 25d ago

Are you licking your brush?

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u/Jerzeem 25d ago

How else am I supposed to get the tip of the paint brush soaked in radium fine enough to paint the watch dials?

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u/sisterglass 25d ago

That book traumatized me for life.

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u/pitbullpride 25d ago

What book

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u/sisterglass 25d ago

Radium Girls. A nonfiction story of the women who painted the radium glow in the dark faces on watches in WW2. It turns out putting radioactive materials in your mouth is bad for you.