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Re:The meme-ification of the "Demon Core" by ginko on Friday November 22, 2024 @04:04AM (#42212255)
>he was 1 more casualty of a weapon that went on to kill 150-240k people thereafter. Live by the sword, etc.

The Slotin incident happened in 1946, after WW2 had ended.

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Re:The meme-ification of the "Demon Core" by colejohnson66 on Friday November 29, 2024 @09:03AM (#42273929)
OP was referencing Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The total deaths from those two atomic bombs is estimated at 150-240k.
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