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as part of Project Plowshare in the 1960 s, the US government evaluated exploding 550 nuclear bombs across the Negev Desert to create an alternate canal to the Suez but was abandoned after a commission found that two dozen 2 megaton test detonations caused too much radiation

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Fun Fact: as part of Project Plowshare in the 1960’s, the US government evaluated exploding 550 nuclear bombs across the Negev Desert to create an alternate canal to the Suez but was abandoned after a commission found that two dozen 2 megaton test detonations caused too much radiation

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