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TIL: In the 1920s, the Radium Ore Revigator popular enough that the company could not keep up with demand. It was a water crock lined with radioactive materials (uranium). You would fill it up with water to irradiate it overnight. The irradiated water would cure arthritis, senility, and flatulence.

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