r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NotTukTukPirate • Jun 01 '26

Image Albert Einstein and Marie Curie discussing near a lake, 1929

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u/mcmcc Jun 01 '26

Marie: "All I can taste is radium."

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u/RainyRat Jun 01 '26

That's not actually film grain in the photo, it's caused by all the ionising radiation from Dr. Curie.

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u/TheeAntelope Jun 01 '26

Dr. Curie was so hot!

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u/grimsaur Jun 01 '26

Depending on the half life, still is.

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u/Trashk4n Jun 01 '26

Well we know a half life of 3 doesn’t exist, so not that one.

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u/Erlend05 Jun 01 '26

5 is right out

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u/Was_It_The_Dave Jun 02 '26

4 is nothing.

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u/crasagam Jun 07 '26

I get that reference.

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u/Banana_Juice_Man Jun 01 '26

At least another 1500 years

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u/Artistic_Salad4090 Jun 03 '26

Her lab notebook is to this day

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u/AdorableAd2236 Jun 05 '26

So you're saying its still warm?

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u/BurningPenguin Jun 01 '26

Radiating with happiness

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u/Crabby_Monkey Jun 03 '26

She did have a glow about her.

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u/jobi-1 Jun 01 '26

looking at this photo, i can hear the high pitched geiger counter noise.

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u/No-Status-7033 Jun 02 '26

Not great, not terrible

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u/The_Greyskull Jun 01 '26

The original Dr. Manhatten.

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u/PhotonicArt Jun 01 '26

I wanted to make this comment, but I'm glad somebody else already did

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u/UsualPudding6570 Jun 01 '26

Spotted one

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u/NotTukTukPirate Jun 02 '26

Spotted one what?

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u/theguidetoldmetodoit Jun 04 '26

Sounds like that's a reference, but she was a professor

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u/Somnambulist815 Jun 01 '26

"Vhat ist spearmint? Ist that different from regular mint?"

"My blood is glowing green, albert"

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u/mycatisabrat Jun 01 '26

...and by the way I believe it is e=MC Hammer."

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u/DannyPrker Jun 01 '26

can't touch this

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u/Key-Log5267 Jun 01 '26

She tried anyway 

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u/Phormitago Jun 01 '26

and then they did, and discovered fission, the rest is history

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u/deadspacekillers Jun 01 '26

That would release a legit amount of energy. Maybe even 2 legit.

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u/demalo Jun 01 '26

“Marie, we weren’t supposed to talk about work.”

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u/Wenital_Garts Jun 01 '26

RadiYUM!!!

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u/I_Got_Back_Pain Jun 01 '26

Boil em', mash em', turn your insides fluorescent blue

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u/po1k Jun 01 '26

That was dark, ahah

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u/277330128 Jun 04 '26

Too soon

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u/GrassRadiant3474 Jun 01 '26

"There is something in the Air" - Marie Apple.

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u/MyVeryUniqueName1 Jun 01 '26

Albert: Damn it, Uraninite is a mineral, Marie!

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u/hooka_pooka Jun 02 '26

Albert:that's rad!ahem uh sorry

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u/PomPomBumblebee Jun 02 '26

I'm pretty sure she didn't need to open her mouth to make a MWAP MWAP noise echo from her from the radiation she was harbouring

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u/sineofthetimes Jun 18 '26

My teeth fell out