TIL a scientist hired his family to refine radium in their basement for 20 years, with the waste buried in the backyard. The property was declared a Superfund site and cost $70M to clean up. His body was exhumed for testing and had the largest amount of radioactive material ever detected in a human.
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By - Miamime
Phillis Wheatley Elementary School (1954), New Orleans; mid-century modern, cantilevered truss; architect Charles Colbert received national design awards but teachers criticized the large windows for distracting students; survived the floodwaters of Katrina but never reopened; demolished 2011.
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By - sverdrupian
