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The “Gay Bomb” And Beyond: The US Military’s Wildest Non-Lethal Weapons SchemesA photo shows an explosion of pink and violet powder forming a spiky cloud. The cloud is set against a blue background.

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The “Gay Bomb” And Beyond: The US Military’s Wildest Non-Lethal Weapons SchemesA photo shows an explosion of pink and violet powder forming a spiky cloud. The cloud is set against a blue background.
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The “Gay Bomb” And Beyond: The US Military’s Wildest Non-Lethal Weapons Schemes

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USA's Deadly Nuclear Weapons Testing Legacy In Marshall Islands Worse Than Previously ThoughtA black and white photo showing the enormous mushroom cloud caused by the nuclear explosion. The photo was taken from a distant island shoreline, the sandy beach of which is visible in the foreground. The mushroom cloud is set on the horizon and takes up most of the frame.

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USA's Deadly Nuclear Weapons Testing Legacy In Marshall Islands Worse Than Previously ThoughtA black and white photo showing the enormous mushroom cloud caused by the nuclear explosion. The photo was taken from a distant island shoreline, the sandy beach of which is visible in the foreground. The mushroom cloud is set on the horizon and takes up most of the frame.
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USA's Deadly Nuclear Weapons Testing Legacy In Marshall Islands Worse Than Previously Thought

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Semipalatinsk: The Most Nuked Place On The PlanetA photo taken from the air showing Lake Chagan in what was the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site. The crater is located in a spars, almost desert like landscape and its quite round in shape. At its center is a horse-shoe shaped body of rich blue water.

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Semipalatinsk: The Most Nuked Place On The PlanetA photo taken from the air showing Lake Chagan in what was the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site. The crater is located in a spars, almost desert like landscape and its quite round in shape. At its center is a horse-shoe shaped body of rich blue water.
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Semipalatinsk: The Most Nuked Place On The Planet

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Operation Sundial: The Terrifying 10-Gigaton Nuclear Weapon That (Thankfully) Never WasA photo showing a line of nuclear warheads attached to missiles. They are the pointed red tips on five weapons that have the radiation symbol just under them. The image shows the tops of these missiles lined up against a metal stand that has circular gaps in it which are letting in light.

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Operation Sundial: The Terrifying 10-Gigaton Nuclear Weapon That (Thankfully) Never WasA photo showing a line of nuclear warheads attached to missiles. They are the pointed red tips on five weapons that have the radiation symbol just under them. The image shows the tops of these missiles lined up against a metal stand that has circular gaps in it which are letting in light.
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Operation Sundial: The Terrifying 10-Gigaton Nuclear Weapon That (Thankfully) Never Was

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The “Green Run”: The US’s Secret Nuclear Experiment That Went Disastrously WrongA digital image showing the radiation hazard symbol over the silhouette of some grass and plants. The symbol is imposed against the an orange and yellow background that looks like fire.

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The “Green Run”: The US’s Secret Nuclear Experiment That Went Disastrously WrongA digital image showing the radiation hazard symbol over the silhouette of some grass and plants. The symbol is imposed against the an orange and yellow background that looks like fire.
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The “Green Run”: The US’s Secret Nuclear Experiment That Went Disastrously Wrong

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This Historian Believed Sightings Of A "Soviet Sasquatch" Were Living NeanderthalsWhether it's Bigfoot, the Yeti, or the Almas, many cultures across the world have folklore tales of mysterious ape-like beings.

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This Historian Believed Sightings Of A "Soviet Sasquatch" Were Living NeanderthalsWhether it's Bigfoot, the Yeti, or the Almas, many cultures across the world have folklore tales of mysterious ape-like beings.
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This Historian Believed Sightings Of A "Soviet Sasquatch" Were Living Neanderthals

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Radioactive Plutonium In Sahara Dust Came From An Unexpected SourceFolks watching an American nuclear bomb drop at the Nevada Test Site on July 14, 1962

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Radioactive Plutonium In Sahara Dust Came From An Unexpected SourceFolks watching an American nuclear bomb drop at the Nevada Test Site on July 14, 1962
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Radioactive Plutonium In Sahara Dust Came From An Unexpected Source

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In The 1950s, The UK Tried To Make A Nuclear Bomb Filled With Live ChickensA chicken in front of a nuclear blast.

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In The 1950s, The UK Tried To Make A Nuclear Bomb Filled With Live ChickensA chicken in front of a nuclear blast.
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In The 1950s, The UK Tried To Make A Nuclear Bomb Filled With Live Chickens

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These Are The Six Times The USA Lost Nuclear WeaponsWeapons of mass destruction. A missile with a warhead looks into sunny sky, ready to launch.

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These Are The Six Times The USA Lost Nuclear WeaponsWeapons of mass destruction. A missile with a warhead looks into sunny sky, ready to launch.
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These Are The Six Times The USA Lost Nuclear Weapons

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MKUltra: Shadowy Details Of CIA's Mind Control Operation Shown In New DocumentsOld nostalgia black and white symmetric background abstract of eyes psychedelic vision look of iris

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MKUltra: Shadowy Details Of CIA's Mind Control Operation Shown In New DocumentsOld nostalgia black and white symmetric background abstract of eyes psychedelic vision look of iris
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MKUltra: Shadowy Details Of CIA's Mind Control Operation Shown In New Documents

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Your Password May Be Stronger Than US Nuclear Codes During The Cold Warblack and white portrait of John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office during the Berlin Crisis of 1961

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Your Password May Be Stronger Than US Nuclear Codes During The Cold Warblack and white portrait of John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office during the Berlin Crisis of 1961
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Your Password May Be Stronger Than US Nuclear Codes During The Cold War

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Military Dolphins Still Protect Around A Quarter Of The US’s Nuclear Arsenal3D illustration of a dolphin wearing a military helmet, leaping out of water with three sunken mines visible below the waves

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Military Dolphins Still Protect Around A Quarter Of The US’s Nuclear Arsenal3D illustration of a dolphin wearing a military helmet, leaping out of water with three sunken mines visible below the waves
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Military Dolphins Still Protect Around A Quarter Of The US’s Nuclear Arsenal

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Is The World Entering A "Third Nuclear Age"?An atomic test in May 25, 1953 (the First Nuclear Age)

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Is The World Entering A "Third Nuclear Age"?An atomic test in May 25, 1953 (the First Nuclear Age)
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Is The World Entering A "Third Nuclear Age"?

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A Nuclear “City Under The Ice” Revealed By NASA Scans Over GreenlandTraces of Camp Century seen below the Greenland Ice Sheet picked up by radar.

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A Nuclear “City Under The Ice” Revealed By NASA Scans Over GreenlandTraces of Camp Century seen below the Greenland Ice Sheet picked up by radar.
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A Nuclear “City Under The Ice” Revealed By NASA Scans Over Greenland

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Hanford Site: The "Apocalypse Factory" At The Heart Of The Manhattan ProjectA black and white photograph, taken in 1960, of the Hanford Site along the Columbia River

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Hanford Site: The "Apocalypse Factory" At The Heart Of The Manhattan ProjectA black and white photograph, taken in 1960, of the Hanford Site along the Columbia River
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Hanford Site: The "Apocalypse Factory" At The Heart Of The Manhattan Project

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