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clock-iconPUBLISHEDDecember 23, 2014
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Veritasium Ventures To Some Of The Most Radioactive Places on Earth

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Lisa Winter

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When you think of radioactive locations, what comes to mind? Chernobyl? Fukushima?

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Check out this video from Veritasium, in which Derek visits these locations and more, including Marie Curie's laboratory, Albert Einstein's apartment, and uranium mines with a geiger counter in tow. Not all of these places are as radioactive as you might think.

 

 

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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHEDDecember 23, 2014

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