TIL when the Allies liberated Nazi Belgium, they discovered a large amount of thorium sent to Germany was not being used for weapons but rather radioactive toothpaste
TIL when the Allies liberated Nazi Belgium, they discovered a large amount of thorium sent to Germany was not being used for weapons but rather radioactive toothpaste
Radium toothpaste? A brief history of Doramad radioactive toothpaste containing thorium & its link to missing uranium and the German atomic bomb project.
He even had a note about the cost of a sex worker he had hired (who, in his opinion at least, had been too expensive; when questioned he responded that he had intended to bring this up with the relevant authorities but hadn’t got around to it yet).
The chemist
Don't know why, but this was on my phone.
Well, uh, here's a pun for the Germans: Für ein strahlendes Lächeln.
Best I can do for the English speakers: For a radiant smile.
No waste on the surplus