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obscure_greenleaf t1_iuedzj0 wrote

Reply to comment by jordzkie05 in Comparison of Nuclear Explosions by MiamiDevSecOps

from ~1000km (620 miles) of distance. Village 55km (34 miles) from detonation site was "leveled."^[[1]](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tsar-Bomba) Buildings more than 160km (100 miles) away were damaged. Any person within 100km (62 miles) would ... Francisco, buildings in Sacramento would be damaged and people in LA would see the flash. Sources: * https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tsar-Bomba * https://lemielleux.com/how-big-is-tsar-bomba-blast-radius/ * https://www.warhistoryonline.com/guns/10-facts-the-tsar-bomba-the-biggest-bomb-the-world-has-ever-seen.html#:~:text=Shockwave%20from%20the%20bomb%20raced%20around%20the%20world,of%20these%20bombs%20was%20fully%20built%20and%20tested.

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just1monkey t1_irv14xj wrote

Reply to comment by just1monkey in /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | October 10, 2022 by BernardJOrtcutt

www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/y0y8bv/does_this_count_as_philosophy_and_could_i_post_it/) to my [link]( https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/y0y356/a_loophole_in_platos_argument_against_democracies/) to my original showerthought. So [here’s]( https://www.britannica.com/topic/philosopher-king) Britannica’s summary of the philosopher-king concept, and [here’s]( http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/2h.htm#:~:text=In%20addition%2C%20Plato%20believed%20that,children%20in%20the%20guardian%20class) a briefer summary ... those slots. This philosopher-king idea also reminded me of this [“wangdao” or “kingly way” concept](https://www.britannica.com/topic/wangdao) of an enlightened and benevolent dictator that appears in Confucian Chinese philosophy, which ended up [clashing

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ImPolicy t1_itk88i1 wrote

Reply to comment by Dr_DoVeryLittle in The cutting-edge cellular therapies aiming to ease America's organ shortage. Major transplantation surgeries could one day become outpatient procedures. by Sariel007

Walter Freeman](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walter-Jackson-Freeman-II), who brought the practice to America, killed 490 of the 3,500 people he treated, including children. One of the greatest serial killers in American history

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heinzbumbeans t1_itk964j wrote

Reply to comment by Swartsuer in Halloween in Scotland: 13 ancient customs and concepts of Celtic Halloween by MeatballDom

wrong. ill try again but less fancy. https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween#:~:text=The%20tradition%20originated%20with%20the,of%20the%20traditions%20of%20Samhain. and another incase that didnt work: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Halloween im no expert, i was just curious by what you said so looked

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dusty545 t1_iwyx6f0 wrote

Reply to how does light expand? by Fine_Play_8770

x200B; [Light Basics](https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/171-light-basics) [Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction](https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/waves/Lesson-3/Reflection,-Refraction,-and-Diffraction#) [Emission and Absorption](https://www.britannica.com/science/light/Emission-and-absorption-processes)

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aTacoParty t1_iwzeu5y wrote

Reply to Are maturation and aging two separate processes in the human body? If so, at what point in your life, exactly, does one end and the other begin? Basically, when does your body reach "full development" and then starts to slowly deteriorate? by I_got_too_silly

risk for disease is as low as possible. This is often called "healthy aging". Human development - [https://www.britannica.com/science/human-development](https://www.britannica.com/science/human-development) Body fat and sexual development - [https://www.nature.com/articles/nrendo.2011.241](https://www.nature.com/articles/nrendo.2011.241) Brain maturation in humans - [www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3621648](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3621648) Biological

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Vessarionovich t1_iyaw6o9 wrote

Reply to comment by the_grinning_cat in The trials of the Cuban revolution. Interesting facts about them as well as the roles of Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Che Guevara and the historical forces that drove these events. by Anglicanpolitics123

that are major trading partners with the USA. Canada is Cuba's largest source of exports. [https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuba/Trade](https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuba/Trade) 2) Has it ever occurred to you that the CPUSA is weak and tiny because they

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AxelShoes t1_iyrbsx6 wrote

Reply to comment by Synkope1 in We're Tom Wolf,Eliza Sweren-Becker, and Ethan Herenstein. We work on democracy reform at the Brennan Center for Justice. Ask us anything about the Supreme Court’s upcoming case Moore v. Harper and the “independent state legislature” theory. by TheBrennanCenter

that was definitely his sentiment, and he simply refused to enforce the Court's decision. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Worcester-v-Georgia

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jeanleonino OP t1_j566pc9 wrote

Reply to comment by BaldBeardedOne in TIL that during the Edo period in Japan Catholicism was outlawed and groups of Japanese catholics had secret rooms in their houses and they made statues of the Virgin Mary and other saints that would look like Buddhist statues by jeanleonino

size most places will say there's only Central and South America. [Even Enciclopedia Britannica](https://www.britannica.com/question/Is-Central-America-a-continent)

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