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Did you know? On 16 July 1945 at 5:29 a.m. the first atomic bomb was tested in the New Mexico desert — codename "Trinity". The explosion was so bright it was visible 320 km away. Robert Oppenheimer, the project lead, later quoted the Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become Death."

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On 16 July 1945 at 5:29 a.m. the first atomic bomb was tested in the New Mexico desert — codename "Trinity". The explosion was so bright it was visible 320 km away. Robert Oppenheimer, the project lead, later quoted the Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become Death."

Op 16 juli 1945 om 5:29 uur 's ochtends werd in de woestijn van New Mexico de eerste atoombom getest — codenaam "Trinity". De explosie was zo helder dat ze 320 km verderop te zien was. Robert Oppenheimer, leider van het project, citeerde later de Bhagavad Gita: "Nu ben ik de Dood geworden."

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