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  1. March 1: #MoronDay
    #JamesHarveyRobinson on moron as "a person who doesn't think."
    > It was so violent that it overwhelmed the measuring instruments, indicating that the bomb was much more powerful than scientists had anticipated...The #AtomicEnergyCommission announced this was the first in a series of tests to be carried out in the area... the #Enewetak weapon forced together nuclei of hydrogen to unleash an even greater destructive force.
    news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/da
    #NoNukes #MarshallIslands

  2. That time physicist John Wheeler left classified H-bomb documents on a train - Enlarge / In 1953, the eminent physicist and H-bomb advocate took an ill-fated overnight train from... - arstechnica.com/?p=1732329 #atomicenergycommission #johnarchibaldwheeler #12daysofchristmas #historyofphysics #historyofscience #gaming&culture #hydrogenbomb #science #physics