Fun Facts about Thorium

-In the early 1900’s, there was a health fad where they would drink radiated water containing Thorium, until it was banned soon after someone’s jaw fell off.

Did you know?

-The element Thorium was named after the mythical, Scandinavian God, Thor.

-One single car can go a million miles driven by 8 grams of Thorium.

-Thorium may be one of the main causes of the radioactive heating of the earth’s core.

-There used to be a Thoriated, Radioactive toothpaste made in Germany, until they stopped producing it.