The Man Who Drank Radioactive Water (Until His Jaw Fell Off) | Sci Guys Podcast

You might think no one would willingly drink liters of radioactive water, but that just means you clearly haven't heard of Ebenezer Byers - a man who did just that! Until his jaw came off...
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Have you ever had an X-ray?

[@spudmadethis]

Tonnes of them as a kid and then yearly since I had cancer. I am annoyed I don’t yet glow

[@lauri7529]

yes, at least 8 times

[@missnomer2442]

I had X-ray’s when I was younger because I was born with my left hip smaller. I also have an X-ray of a stuffed pig that I still have because I didn’t want him to feel left out.

[@earl3244]

all the time for funsies

[@sssargon8569]

yeah, every few months or so i get random chest pain that lasts for a few days, and makes breathing painful. The second and third times this happened, I went to the hospital to figure out a cause. Of course, all x-rays and blood tests returned nothing at all, and i was sent on my way with no improvements.

[@starting-fires]

i need a live jamp cam of his horrified face whenever luke and corry randomly spew out the most wild take you've ever heard

[@Dariusissocool]

I had a nuclear stress test and they gave me a card after in case I set off any of the radiation detectors around NYC.

[@LukSter18998]

i wanna set off radiation detectors

[@Dariusissocool]

@@LukSter18998 it’s probably a really serious think lol. They wouldn’t tell be exactly where they were though, just that they were all over

[@fozziebean]

There can't be THAT many, or else the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would be setting them off all the time. Oh, and Spiderman.

[@persistenturge]

Corry, I've just got to know, was your shirt choice intentional?

[@carlhumanbcrab]

Ive been half paying attention to this for about 3 days whilst moving house and its been a wild ride

[@JennaGetsCreative]

They did not give you the credit you deserve for the "jaw-dropping" opening joke! 🤣

[@theforestofoak]

just thought I'd add that history of yesterday do say that the sport match he was playing when he hurt his arm is golf. there appears to be a typo on the website as it says "gold championships", and then shows a picture of him playing golf, correctly captioned

[@arzookashif4544]

i ate a battery once. you know the tiny circular types. my parents took me to the hospital. they x-rayed me and didnt find anything. i probably pooped it out.

[@davegrohlthecinnamonroll4495]

Please please please do an episode on Chernobyl!!! It’s been my hyper fixation the year and learning about it has been one of the most horrifyingly fascinating things ever. Especially the affects of high level radiation exposure on the human body

[@SciGuys]

We already have! It’s one of our earliest episodes :)

[@emilyrobinson6115]

I have had so many x-rays: I got my hand stuck in a car so twice, fell over ice skating, needing to track my orthodontic work and then got into a severe motorbike accident. Best guess at least 20

[@pokemonfanthings4444]

😮

[@garethjones2596]

At least in the US, you don't call up the university to verify a degree; FERPA (the Federal Education Records Protection Act) makes any unauthoirized disclosure illegal. The candidate pays the university to provide a sealed transcript, which will verify the degree.

[@pokemonfanthings4444]

I was thinking of this but wasn’t sure

[@davegrohlthecinnamonroll4495]

There is also something called radiation euphoria. This is what happens right after someone is exposed to large amounts of radiation and is usually followed by ARS. Idk if this would apply tho since it only started in small doses

[@Animaine7030]

Reminds me of the 1986 version of "The Fly." Starts off feeling great with renewed sexual prowess, singing the praises of whatever they think is giving them this feeling. Notices something wrong when the teeth fall out, finds out his fate is sealed and by the end his jaw comes completely off. Eben Byers was real life Seth Brundle, confirmed.

[@thiel_spencer]

I've had multiple x-rays. My dentist does yearly teeth x-rays, plus, I've had my hands/wrists x-rayed for two different incidents where they thought I broke my wrists

[@FrozEnbyWolf150]

The thought experiment about baby Hitler has always sounded like a trick question to me, since it's based on genetic determinism, which is what Hitler himself believed. My answer is to save the baby and raise him right. Teach him to be an artist, and to see the beauty in all people.

[@persistenturge]

I've had multiple x-rays! When I was 4 I fractured my leg, (bad babysitter + trampoline) dentist x-rays ofc, and recently I was dancing to Conan Gray's Telepath and jammed my finger and I screwed up my joint.

[@TheLucyblades]

This put me in mind of the story of the radium girls.

[@offow5085]

Hello!!, From the Spotify podcast I’ve had to manny X-rays for my 2 broken legs, 1 broken spine, and thumb! Not to mention 4 MRIs and 1 CT scan. And uh I don’t know how much dental X-rays! Love your episode’s. See ya!

[@Vanda-il9ul]

I worked as an "outsourcer" for a BUILDING company which had all their admins and middle managers (small company, we are talking about 5 women altogether, men employees did not have to fit any appearance criteria) look like sisters. Certain figure, long blond hair of a particular haircut, very feminine way of clothing, ... It was really bizarre.

[@lukablaikie7119]

I've had x-rays on my head for braces and getting my wisdom teeth removed.

[@ecoonrad4753]

I've had multiple x-rays, other than dental I had one because I broke my ankle (and the family doctor told me to just wear tennis shoes, no wonder it's messed up to this day), and one time to find out that I had bone fragments just chilling around the tip of my finger after I accidentally hit it with a mallet (eventually I just clipped most of the nail off because it wasn't ready connected to anything, turns out nail beds are shiny and wrinkly)

[@scottprendergast5262]

He won the 1904 amateur golf championship

[@danaek3040]

Yup, I’ve had an x ray just before I got my braces :)

[@Dariusissocool]

Not the polyamory real estate ad I got before this

[@valliedollx]

I worry that if it was possible to kill baby Hitler that someone else would do something equally as horrible or even worse. But I guess, it might be worth a shot.

[@LukSter18998]

mao killed more people than hitler. would people kill mcarthur or american- roosevelt for bombing hundreds of german and japanese people to death? would people kill pol pot for the khmer rouge?

[@levisimp4049]

I’ve had like one x-ray after I broke my arm .I fell off a climbing wall straight onto my arm and broke my humerus bone. (I have an X-ray every time I go to the dentist tho)

[@tudeprins4700]

I nevet had an xray at the dentist but had one on my hand to see if i had hit my “final height”

[@slinger6123]

i’ve had 3 teeth x-rays just this month and i hate it

[@bethanymcpherson595]

The only medication I know of that is “harmless” and you literally cannot overdose on is naloxone aka Narcan.

[@puppyjawn]

think i've only had x-rays relating to dentist-y things U_O

[@carlhumanbcrab]

Ive had a load of x rays. They gave me like 10 when i broke my hand. Had an mri too. That was fun. Got brain pics now so thsts a fun conversation starter

[@annabellelee4535]

So, other than that, how did it work out for him?

[@elliotenglish1721]

You got looooong toes

[@marythecurious5644]

I need to touch some grass now see yah later dudes 0_o

[@rolandobuddicom4272]

😒 promosm

[@annabellelee4535]

Nobody said to drink bleach. What's wrong with you people?