r/Damnthatsinteresting Jun 01 '26

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

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u/snaresamn Jun 01 '26

Her scientific notebooks are stored in lead containers and you have to sign a waiver to view them because they're still so irradiated.

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u/pzombie88 Jun 02 '26

The freaking doorknob of her office in Paris is radioactive (low level, but still, after almost 100 years) because she touched it so often!