Since their first devastating use back in 1945, nuclear weapons have been a huge source

of anxiety and fear across the globe.

For almost a century now, we've lived in the knowledge that our world leaders could

plunge us into nuclear war with destruction on a scale never before seen in history.

But how likely really is this scenario?

What was the biggest nuclear weapon ever dropped?

And how does a nuke even work anyway?

Slip your hazmat suit on and brace yourself for impact

because you're about to get hit with a fat knowledge bomb.

You're listening. You're listening. You're listening.

You're listening.

You're be amazed.

Let's start with a little history and ask the question,

why were nuclear bombs ever developed in the

first place?

In 1938, just a year before the world was plunged into war, German scientist Otto

Hahn was working in a lab in Berlin when he discovered something incredible.

Nuclear energy.

By splitting the nucleus of an atom, the smallest unit of matter in the

known universe, Han realized a monumental amount of energy was released. After word got out about

his findings, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was worried that the Germans would use this

newfound energy to develop a super weapon.

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