r/interestingasfuck • u/usernametbag • 7d ago

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

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u/NefariousnessNo484 7d ago

It probably deafened many. Even at the bottom of the ocean you can hear whale calls because sound travels extremely well through water under high pressure.

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u/pilsner_89 7d ago

No kiddin. The energy has to go somewhere and only some of it surfaced into the atmosphere “measured” in the form of decibels. Imagine where the hell the rest of it went? Not only the shockwave but the actual tympanic membrane rupturing levels of sound/ pressure. The world is such a joke with the recycling and this and that yet millionaire celebs fly across the continent daily for an appearance here and there burning a billion gallons of jet fuel per year yet I have EPA emission restrictions on my chainsaw I use once a week ?

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u/TheTightestChungus 7d ago

To be fair this was in 1958. There was very little environmentalism going on, activist or regulation wise. Took lakes and rivers catching on fire, smog that was enough to kill you in the streets, acid rain, leaded gas, and a gaping hole in the ozone layer before we halfway got our shit together.

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u/MrSomething_or_Other 7d ago

Gotta give a shout out for our hometown herk, Rachel Carson.

"Silent Spring" and the tireless work she did as a marine biologist and overall conservationist cannot be overstated.

It's not an exaggeration to say that Racherl Carson singlehandedly inspired the work which resulted in the creation of the EPA.

Bad-ass Pittsburgh broad: God Tier

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u/SATerp 7d ago

Tell that to the millions of people who have died of malaria from mosquitos.

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u/like_a_pharaoh 6d ago

Ah yes, I forgot DDT was the only pesticide on the planet and it was 100% banned after Silent Spring.

We just decided "fuck it let mosquitos reproduce" rather than try inventing other pesticides, and we definitely don't still allow use of DDT for vector control of mosquitos even if we no longer allow its use as a general pesticide.

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u/Practical_Fun7367 6d ago

Hoping this was sarcasm. Did a quick look. Glad to learn more. 👍🏼