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On this day, the desert lit up like a second sunrise. At 5:29 a.m. near Alamogordo, New Mexico, the United States detonated the first atomic bomb—code-named Trinity—marking the 81st anniversary of a moment that changed warfare, diplomacy, and the moral landscape of the modern world. Born of the Manhattan Project’s frantic race against Nazi Germany and shaped by minds like J. Robert Oppenheimer, the test proved that splitting the atom could unleash unimaginable power—and force leaders and citizens alike to confront what that power meant.
A detail many don’t know: the bomb’s plutonium core arrived late and had to be assembled on-site under floodlights, with a final switch from a planned July 4 target date due to weather, logistics, and the delicate implosion design. The blast shattered windows 100 miles away, and Oppenheimer later recalled a line from the Bhagavad Gita—“Now I am become Death”—capturing the awe and dread of the age. Trinity paved the way for Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the end of World War II, and a Cold War defined by deterrence, arms control, and the question that still echoes: what should humanity do with such power?
 
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On this day, the desert lit up like a second sunrise. At 5:29 a.m. near Alamogordo, New Mexico, the United States detonated the first atomic bomb—code-named Trinity—marking the 81st anniversary of a moment that changed warfare, diplomacy, and the moral landscape of the modern world. Born of the Manhattan Project’s frantic race against Nazi Germany and shaped by minds like J. Robert Oppenheimer, the test proved that splitting the atom could unleash unimaginable power—and force leaders and citizens alike to confront what that power meant.
A detail many don’t know: the bomb’s plutonium core arrived late and had to be assembled on-site under floodlights, with a final switch from a planned July 4 target date due to weather, logistics, and the delicate implosion design. The blast shattered windows 100 miles away, and Oppenheimer later recalled a line from the Bhagavad Gita—“Now I am become Death”—capturing the awe and dread of the age. Trinity paved the way for Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the end of World War II, and a Cold War defined by deterrence, arms control, and the question that still echoes: what should humanity do with such power?
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The girl scouts swimming in the creek in Ruidoso, NM. Only 13 years old and excited to be swimming while it was snowing. The snow was fall-out, of course.

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On 25 August 1875 Captain Matthew Webb became the first man to swim the English Channel.The feat took him 21 hours and 45 minutes to complete and he fuelled himself with a breakfast of bacon, eggs and claret. Eight years later he drowned trying to swim across the rapids beneath Niagara Falls.[/td]
 
QSis said:
Oh, no! Did pulling it cause it to die????

Lee
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.... should have done a little looking before I bought into this ...


The famous record-breaking clam was actually 507 years old, not 4,000 years old. Nicknamed "Ming" the mollusk, this ocean quahog was dredged off the coast of Iceland in 2006 by researchers from Bangor University and tragically killed when its shell was opened to count its growth rings. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
 
Luckytrim said:
.... should have done a little looking before I bought into this ...


The famous record-breaking clam was actually 507 years old, not 4,000 years old. Nicknamed "Ming" the mollusk, this ocean quahog was dredged off the coast of Iceland in 2006 by researchers from Bangor University and tragically killed when its shell was opened to count its growth rings. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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Awwww, bummer! Thanks, Lucky!

Lee
 
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