Read more: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/marie-and-pierre-curie-and-the-discovery-of-polonium-and-radium/
TIL Pierre Curie exposed his own arm to radium salts for 10 hours. He studied the wound, which resembled a burn, day by day. After 52 days a permanent grey scar remained.
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His family has earned so many Nobel prizes.
Looks like someone else read the top comment on the recent Marie Curie post…