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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 96 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Had Pierre Curie not died in an accident, he would most likely have eventually died of the effects of radiation, as did his wife, their daughter Irène, and her husband Frédéric Joliot.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 8 hours ago

the true nuclear family

[–] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 104 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

No true, he would've become a superhero like the meme suggests.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 21 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The quote also mentioned Frédéric Joliot.

[–] SippyCup 56 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Obviously he was actually a woman, or he wouldn't have died.

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 25 points 21 hours ago

Don't give JK Rowling ideas.

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Or turned intona superhero but is good at hiding it

[–] oo1@lemmings.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Did anyone check Marie's grave?

Most likely she melted into a sentient beam of radiation and is blasting all around the world, interfering with various radio signals, and science experiments, like John Bell's - just to fuck with Einstein.

[–] Sirius006@sh.itjust.works 5 points 17 hours ago

What actually happened is Joliot turned into a supervilain, he killed Pierre Curie before he could become a superhero, but was ultimately defeated by Henri Bequerel, who is immortal.

I thought this was common knowledge.

In the meantime Irene Joliot died of the radiations, as everybody would expect.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 12 points 22 hours ago

When your family is so brilliant they die from it.