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As they were approaching their Parisian apartment, a neighbor saw them and walked towards them.
"Oh my goodness, congratulations, Monsieur and Madame Curie."
The puzzled Curies looked at each other and replied to their neighbor, "I'm sorry. Congratulations for what?"
"The blessed event, of course. when are you due?" , said the said the neighbor.
The flabbergasted couple were shocked at what their neighbor told them and Pierre Curie said, "My goodness, Madame, what makes you think that my wife is with child?"
"I could tell from all the way down the street…", said the neighbor.
"Tell how?", asked Madame Curie. The neighbor took a look at her and said, "It's so obvious, Madame Curie… You're glowing!"
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