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Simpo Two

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86,719 posts

271 months

Saturday 23rd November 2013
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BevR

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149 months

Saturday 23rd November 2013
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In a similar vein one of the first people to try and treat cancer with X-rays was Emil Grubbe, however he didn't really understand what was going on and tended to get cancer....a lot. It is said he had over 90 operations to remove tumors over his lifetime but lived until 85!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Grubbe

Ross1988

1,234 posts

189 months

Sunday 24th November 2013
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Love thst website. Has a penchant for disasters? Which suites me fine.

Read this one earlier and it's pretty crazy!

Caruso

7,460 posts

262 months

Sunday 24th November 2013
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Thankfully modern watches use Tritium these days instead.



Beta Rays (electrons) are the only decay product.