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TIL about Starfish Prime - a 1.4 Megaton nuke detonated 250 miles above the pacific ocean in 1962. The explosion was visible in Hawaii, and disrupted communications in Honolulu 900 Miles away. It also created its own radiation belts, and disabled 9 out of the world's 24 satelites at the time

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