The Radium Girls - factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with self-luminous paint. They'd been told the paint was harmless, and were instructed to "point" their brushes on their lips. Some also painted their fingernails, face and teeth.

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[–]teduh4 points7 years, 4 months ago

Some also painted their [..] teeth.

Uhh... Yeah... Okay.

[–][deleted]10 points7 years, 4 months ago

Radium makes stuff glow. Glowing teeth can be scary/funny/cool to see. I would be surprised if no one tried painting their teeth.

[–]teduh3 points7 years, 4 months ago

Well, when you put it that way...

...Okay, I'm off to the hobby store now to get some glow-in-the-dark paint for my teeth.