"The Revigator was intended to add radioactivity (radon) to drinking water.
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"The Revigator was intended to add radioactivity (radon) to drinking water. Water without radioactivity was 'devoid of its life element.'
The glazed ceramic body of the jar has a porous lining that incorporated uranium ore. Water placed inside the jar would absorb the radon released by decay of the radium in the ore.
Advertised as 'an original radium ore patented water crock,' it sold in the hundreds of thousands between 1924 and 1930."
@jalefkowit seeya later, revigator [takes a massive swig]
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@jalefkowit I always thought radon was an inert element. How can it be absorbed?
@liilliil @jalefkowit it's a noble gas, and therefore chemically inert, but it is still radioactive
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"The Revigator was intended to add radioactivity (radon) to drinking water. Water without radioactivity was 'devoid of its life element.'
The glazed ceramic body of the jar has a porous lining that incorporated uranium ore. Water placed inside the jar would absorb the radon released by decay of the radium in the ore.
Advertised as 'an original radium ore patented water crock,' it sold in the hundreds of thousands between 1924 and 1930."
@jalefkowit watch, we're gonna see this in the nhs postings next week
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"The Revigator was intended to add radioactivity (radon) to drinking water. Water without radioactivity was 'devoid of its life element.'
The glazed ceramic body of the jar has a porous lining that incorporated uranium ore. Water placed inside the jar would absorb the radon released by decay of the radium in the ore.
Advertised as 'an original radium ore patented water crock,' it sold in the hundreds of thousands between 1924 and 1930."
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"The Revigator was intended to add radioactivity (radon) to drinking water. Water without radioactivity was 'devoid of its life element.'
The glazed ceramic body of the jar has a porous lining that incorporated uranium ore. Water placed inside the jar would absorb the radon released by decay of the radium in the ore.
Advertised as 'an original radium ore patented water crock,' it sold in the hundreds of thousands between 1924 and 1930."
@jalefkowit look if you’re not using the Revigator you’re going to be left behind. A Revigator won’t take your job but someone using a Revigator to enhance their vital energies will take it
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@jalefkowit look if you’re not using the Revigator you’re going to be left behind. A Revigator won’t take your job but someone using a Revigator to enhance their vital energies will take it
@jalefkowit “in the hundreds of thousands” jesus christ. somebody needs to put the manufacturers on a wikipedia list of serial killers or something
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@jalefkowit “in the hundreds of thousands” jesus christ. somebody needs to put the manufacturers on a wikipedia list of serial killers or something
@glyph @jalefkowit List of Oh My God Please Do Not Do That
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@glyph @jalefkowit List of Oh My God Please Do Not Do That
@SnoopJ @jalefkowit This list is incomplete: you can help by for fuck’s sake just NOT doing that
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"The Revigator was intended to add radioactivity (radon) to drinking water. Water without radioactivity was 'devoid of its life element.'
The glazed ceramic body of the jar has a porous lining that incorporated uranium ore. Water placed inside the jar would absorb the radon released by decay of the radium in the ore.
Advertised as 'an original radium ore patented water crock,' it sold in the hundreds of thousands between 1924 and 1930."
@jalefkowit that thing is great, i inherited one from grandma. it is the secret to my abundant health. i dunno why they don't make them anymore
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@SnoopJ @jalefkowit This list is incomplete: you can help by for fuck’s sake just NOT doing that
@glyph @SnoopJ @jalefkowit Sadly I think the Revigator would be pretty far down the list ... does "Cigarettes" even make the top 10?
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@glyph @SnoopJ @jalefkowit Sadly I think the Revigator would be pretty far down the list ... does "Cigarettes" even make the top 10?
@meejah @SnoopJ @jalefkowit I don’t really want to be going to bat for “cigarettes” or “tetraethyl lead” but at least they DO something. this thing *just* kills you!
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@meejah @SnoopJ @jalefkowit I don’t really want to be going to bat for “cigarettes” or “tetraethyl lead” but at least they DO something. this thing *just* kills you!
@glyph @meejah @jalefkowit hey that's not fair
it restores your vitality
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@meejah @SnoopJ @jalefkowit I don’t really want to be going to bat for “cigarettes” or “tetraethyl lead” but at least they DO something. this thing *just* kills you!
@glyph @meejah @SnoopJ The funny bit about the Revigator is that it had completely unintended side effects that would probably have killed you before the radiation did
What Were They Drinking? Researchers Investigate Radioactive Crock Pots
Radioactive toothpaste, suppositories, makeup: Would-be inventors seeking to capitalize on the discovery of radioactivity in the late 19th century produced a
NIST (www.nist.gov)
