Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Eben Byers suffered a ghastly fate when his jaw fell off his face – after he drank over 1,400 bottles of radioactive water.Ebenezer McBurney Byers – known as Eben Byers – was born in 1880 and raised by his wealthy family in the US.He went on to be a Yale University graduate and was known for his athletic ability.In the early 1900s, the sports fan won several gold championship medals.But when he injured his arm playing sports in 1927, he was prescribed Radithor.The dangerous substance, Radithor, made his tissues and bones disintegrate from the inside.And not long after losing his jaw, the organs inside his body began to crumble too, leading to his death aged 51.So how did it go so wrong.
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