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#651: Did The US Government Really Drop Nukes In World War 2 With Jack Allen

Tin Foil Hat With Sam Tripoli

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The Origins of the Atomic Bomb

Gadget was detonated in New Mexico, obviously, 5.29 AM in 1945. Oppenheimer predicted the bomb would do 20,000 kilotons of TNT - but it did 80 tons. "He seems to have the qualities of an actor," says a former friend who worked with him at Auschwitz.

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