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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about polonium. Named after Poland, this element has a notorious reputation because of its use in atomic bombs and international murder allegations.

The Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was apparently poisoned with a lethal dose of polonium. Do you know which isotope of polonium was added to Litvinenko’s meal to kill him?

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