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That Time Five Guys Volunteered to Stand at Ground Zero of a Nuclear Blast (2019x137)
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Unless there is a lead-lined refrigerator lying around, we’re guessing none of you reading this would be too keen on standing at ground zero of a nuclear blast. But it turns out this is exactly what six men chose to do with their afternoon in July of 1957- five of them even volunteered, with the sixth not told what he’d be ordered to do that day until he showed up to work… So who were these men, why were they there, and what happened after?
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIR-2_Genie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlE1BdOAfVc
https://www.ctbto.org/specials/testing-times/19-july-1957-five-at-ground-zero/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/24/would-you-stand-under-a-nuclear-blast/#.XMpoFaR7mUk
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjk3wb/what-does-a-nuclear-bomb-blast-feel-like
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plumbbob
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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25979
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/science/14atom.html?pagewanted=all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_nLNcEbIC8
https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/07/16/156851175/five-men-agree-to-stand-directly-under-an-explo
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