Tag: history
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US nuclear weapons testing can forever scar a nation. Just ask the Marshall Islands
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in GeneralFew people know the harm nuclear testing can do better than inhabitants of the Marshall Islands, a country of 1,200 islands and atolls in the Pacific, which was a US-administered trust territory of the United Nations from 1947 to 1986. As it developed its nuclear arsenal post-World War II, the US exploded 67 nuclear bombs…
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America’s Nuclear War Plan in the 1960s Was Utter Madness. It Still Is.
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in GeneralNuclear war is madness. Were a nuclear weapon to be launched at the United States, including from a rogue nuclear-armed nation like North Korea, American policy dictates a nuclear counterattack. This response would almost certainly set off a series of events that would quickly spiral out of control. “The world could end in the next couple…
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4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour
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Earth is 4.5 billion years old – which is approximately the same amount of time it took us to create this video. We’ve scaled the complete timeline of our Earth’s life into our first animated movie! Every second shows about a million years of the planet’s evolution. Hop on a musical train ride and experience…