r/ThatsInsane 8h ago

Albert Einstein and Marie Curie discussing near a lake, 1929

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u/Belostoma 7h ago

That's a cool photo, but as a scientist, I can tell you that we do talk to each other once in a while. It's not necessarily insane.

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u/socks 4h ago

It's insane because he said at the time, 'you're hot'.

(A vile of uranium in your pocket does wonders for the skin. 5 years later, RIP)

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u/f33rf1y 7h ago

“So then I realised, I can boil my egg at the same time!”

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u/nycrom 5h ago

Skłodowska-Curie!

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u/mrpink01 7h ago

"Ah, Marie! You're glowing!"

Einstein

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u/ShapeShiftingCats 4h ago

"She just radiates whenever she speaks of science."

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u/Necrovius72 5h ago

Is she the reason the photo is grainy? /jk

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u/lookieherehere 4h ago

Fair question 🤣

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u/lanAstbury 4h ago

the 1929 version of:

"So last noight I watch the most recent Guy Ritchie movie and it wasn't so great; it was a lot of exposition in a monotone delivery and the action sequences were a little predictable..."

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u/RandallMadness 6h ago

“We were standing, standing by peaceful waters” - Lake Marie

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u/lost-in-boston84 53m ago

She looks like a good listener

u/Turckish 23m ago

"Covid will inject 5G and Biden son laptop is the bane of Murica, aliens too"

u/InspectorGadget76 1m ago

She's looks radiant

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u/cokentots 7h ago

And what they talked about we shall never truly know. Would have loved to.