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  2. Dynamite - Wikipedia

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    Nobel obtained patents for his inventions in England on 7 May 1867 and in Sweden on 19 October 1867. [3] After its introduction, dynamite rapidly gained wide-scale use as a safe alternative to black powder and nitroglycerin. Nobel tightly controlled the patents, and unlicensed duplicating companies were quickly shut down.

  3. RBMK - Wikipedia

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    80 additional absorbers inhibit operation at low power, where the RBMK design is most dangerous. AZ-5 (emergency reactor shutdown or SCRAM ) sequence reduced from 18 to 12 seconds. Addition of the БАЗ or BAZ* system, [ 45 ] (rapid reactor emergency protection) which would insert 24 uniformly distributed rods into the reactor core via a ...

  4. Doomsday Clock - Wikipedia

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    Representatives of the three most powerful armies on Earth agreed not to fight each other, believing a potential war is the catastrophe. However, the clock remained displaying two minutes to midnight. After the Doctor averted the true catastrophe - an accidental bacteriological disaster, the clock began moving backwards. [56]

  5. List of obsolete technology - Wikipedia

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    Obsolete technology Replacement Still used for Bathing machine: No longer required due to changing social standards of morality Hourglass: Clock: Tasks where a fixed amount of time can be measured with a low-tech solution: Exposure time tracker in saunas (where electronics might be damaged by the heat or ultraviolet light); retro kitchen timers, board games, other short-term timers.

  6. Tsar Bomba - Wikipedia

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    The Tsar Bomba is the single most physically powerful device ever deployed on Earth, the most powerful nuclear bomb tested and the largest human-made explosion in history. [64] For comparison, the largest weapon ever produced by the US, the now-decommissioned B41 , had a predicted maximum yield of 25 Mt (100 PJ).

  7. Ingenious invention from thousands of years ago predated a ...

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    Inuit snow goggles from Alaska. Made from carved wood, 1880-1890 (top) and Caribou antler 1000-1800 (bottom) (Wikimedia Commons/Jaredzimmerman (WMF)) Springtime in the Arctic is beautiful. The sun ...

  8. World’s most dangerous countries for 2023 revealed - AOL

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    The most dangerous countries in the world 2023. Afghanistan. Yemen. Syria. South Sudan. Democratic Republic of the Congo. Russia. Ukraine. Somalia. Sudan. Iraq. The most peaceful countries in the ...

  9. Napalm - Wikipedia

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    Napalm was used most notably at the beginning of the Battle of Outpost Harry. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Eighth Army chemical officer Donald Bode reported that, on an "average good day", UN pilots used 260,000 liters (70,000 US gal; 58,000 imp gal) of napalm, with approximately 230,000 liters (60,000 US gal; 50,000 imp gal) of this thrown by US forces. [ 10 ]