Mummy can we watch the bomb going off.

[LondonManc]

Compared to some of the experiments that they were doing, this is quite humane.

[OwlHoot]

Why? Are large ears known for focusing gamma rays?

I was thinking surface area (But it was a joke BTW)

[NotAllThere]

With those giant dumbo ears, the poor kid must have copped a fatal dose of gamma radiation from just that blast!

Why? Are large ears known for focusing gamma rays?

[vetran]

The prevailing winds used to deposit the fallout over much of North America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downwi...t_exposure.png

explains a lot

[OwlHoot]

Here's an example of madness if I've ever seen one.

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For dear old Freako, this relates to atmospheric nuclear testing back in the good old days.

With those giant dumbo ears, the poor kid must have copped a fatal dose of gamma radiation from just that blast!

[vetran]

This was before the effects of nuclear radiation from such explosions were publicly understood. There is some evidence that public knowledge of the side-effects were actually suppressed in order to avoid controversy.

They were still trying this in the eighties.

Its very difficult to control a population through a nuclear incident where they know 95% will be dead inside a month.

[zeitghost]

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