On the week of July 1st, 1946, there were two explosions that shook the world.

One was a physical explosion, and the other was cultural.

These two events seemingly unrelated and on other sides of the globe are now linked forever due to the circumstances of that week.

Learn more what an atomic bomb test and a two-piece swimsuit have in common on this episode of Everything

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World War II had just ended the year before in 1945. While the war was over, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was just beginning.

At this particular moment, the United States had a monopoly on atomic bombs.

However, while they had managed to create and detonate several bombs, there was still a great deal

they didn't know about this weapon. Only three atomic bombs had been detonated at this point.

The original Trinity test explosion in New Mexico, the bomb used over Hiroshima, and the one used over Nagasaki.

All three of these were detonated over land.

What no one knew was what would happen if these weapons were used in naval warfare?

What would happen to ships which were hit with an atomic blast?

Would they sink or would they float?

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