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		kreldjarn on Feb 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U-Bahn station in Berlin is decorated with radioac... There are also radioactive tiles decorating the Caltech campus: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lapie/3340318920/ Apparently there was a brief period in the 20th century when this was a popular way of making yellow glazing.

cultofmetatron on Feb 7, 2023 [–]

google "radium girls"

cultofmetatron on Feb 7, 2023 | [–]

not sure why I was downloaded. the radium girls painted radium on dials which glowed

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