They seem to have recycled the same gag in a November 1946 story...pic.twitter.com/00qTmezG2p
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A teenage opinion on the atomic bomb, according to the New Yorker, in February 1946: "If somebody brings up the atomic bomb, we know the party's a flop."pic.twitter.com/1c7t0UR8o6
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Nuclear armageddon was pretty chic under Reagan and Gorbachev I must say
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Although I refused to design or work on thermal batteries after I graduated from Stevens and went to work for Catalyst Research. Only did lithium Iodine.
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yeah its totally square, man
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Hey, '46-office-boy, nuclear physics makes for great party talk!
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Wonder if John Hersey caught that.
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The very same year an enterprising French clothing designer created a two piece swimsuit. While seeking a suitable name he read of the Able nuclear test on July 1, 1946, and later marketed his creation by saying that just like the atom bomb, the bikini is small but devastating.
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