Post AZSr0ASx3LdkEUN16W by HikerGeek@mas.to
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 (DIR) Post #AZSoFYTZlasRBDJ9U0 by todayilearned@noc.social
       2023-09-05T17:21:06Z
       
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       TIL: Operation Plumbbob team - a manhole cover above a nuke underground shot into space, becoming one of the fastest manmade objects in the world at 149,129 mph!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plumbbobhttps://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/16au62h/til_operation_plumbbob_team_a_manhole_cover_above/
       
 (DIR) Post #AZSpvvboFXPz2dvbDU by panamared27401@mstdn.social
       2023-09-05T17:40:03Z
       
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       @todayilearned Holy shit. That sounds like something I or Richard Feynman would have done.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZSr0ASx3LdkEUN16W by HikerGeek@mas.to
       2023-09-05T17:52:01Z
       
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       @todayilearned Except in the Wikipedia article link provided it says that it was likely vaporized before making it to space.Still an interesting "I told you so" for the scientist Dr Brownlee that welding the borecap was no match for a nuclear explosion.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZSxHwuUn6gf7z7F7Q by Sfwmson@universeodon.com
       2023-09-05T18:58:38Z
       
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       @todayilearned And who is going to take the blame when that,  somehow, causes the destruction or a star ship or space station???🤯