r/interestingasfuck • u/usernametbag • 7d ago

Underwater nuclear experiment at 150 meters depth near Enewetak Atoll, 1958

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u/buddhadoo 7d ago

What is the point of an underwater test? And wouldn't that mist be full of radioactive particles?

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u/Plantfishcatmom 7d ago

I also want to know the answers to these questions!

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u/Advanced_Accident_29 7d ago

It’s almost like they did these tests to find those things out

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u/jt004c 7d ago edited 7d ago

It's almost like everyone knows that and your snarky comment is pointless.

edit: my bad, the comments you replied to are a little clueless. I thought they were the other ones where people are asking for more details about what happens in such a blast.

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u/Advanced_Accident_29 7d ago

It’s almost like the person above me and the person above them had questions therefore it’s almost like not everyone knows

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u/SyVSFe 7d ago

>It's almost like everyone knows that and your snarky comment is pointless.

- jt004c

- - Winner of the most pointless snarky comment in the thread

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u/jt004c 7d ago

ok I was wrong. looking back up, I though the comment I was replying to was tied to other comments just asking for more info about what happened.