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Old 02-19-2009, 12:39 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog View Post
They took bets, when they bombed Japan in WWII, that the after effect would rip the atmosphere off of the planet.
^The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki wasn't exactly a scientific experiment though, they were acts of war. The only other "nasty" example here are the nazis experimentation on jews in concentration camp, also something which is rather far removed from what scientists are doing today.
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