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Marie was buried in a lead coffin because her body is radioactive.
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Marie Curie’s documents are radioactive.
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Marie was born in Scotland.
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At first Marie couldn't go to university because she was a woman
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In Paris, Marie got two degrees, one in Physics and one in Biology.
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When Marie was a student, she survived on ramen and tea.
False
Marie did much of her research with her husband, Pierre.
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Marie’s research helped to disprove the idea that atoms cannot be divided.
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In 1898, the Curie’s reported two new elements, polonium and radium.
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Marie Curie was the second woman to win a Nobel Prize
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Pierre Curie died when a car hit him on a busy road.
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Dr. Curie and her daughter Irène drove vehicles equipped with X-ray machines in World War One
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Curie died from a disease caused by radiation.
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