What Happens to You 6ft from an Exploding Atomic Bomb?
2.7M views · Aug 29, 2026 · Science & Technology
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@CuriousDroid · 1 month ago (edited) · pinned
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@mskellyrlv · 1 month ago
The bomb reaches 30 million degrees...but it's a dry heat.
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@vaguelyright6833 · 1 month ago
You don't have to go to work anymore.
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@r.roberts · 1 month ago
If nukes are going off, 6 ft away from one is exactly where I want to be.
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@certaindeaf8315 · 4 weeks ago
This is why I always keep a fresh tube of chapstick in my pocket.
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@SlyRoapa · 1 month ago
You cease being biology, and become high-energy particle physics.
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@AnonymousFreakYT · 1 month ago
My favorite description of extreme ways to die: “you cease being biology, and become physics.”
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@justinr9784 · 1 month ago
Guys don't try this at home. I know it's tempting but my cousin Phil tried it and his eyebrows never grew back.
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@royhenshaw9997 · 3 weeks ago
You become a shadow of your former self.
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@JV-ks3eb · 1 month ago (edited)
I guarantee my employer still wouldn't accept a sick note.
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@googlesucks6029 · 1 month ago
The least painful death you could ever possibly have.
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@lrmackmcbride7498 · 1 month ago
Lots of things happen, but you don't have to worry about them.
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