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Beirut Blast: How does yield of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate compare against Halifax explosion, Hiroshima bombing?
If you actually produced several million tons of TNT and set it off in one go, would the resulting blast look anything like a similar megaton equivalent nuclear explosion? - Quora
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Mark Sbarra on Twitter: "@nktpnd @USATODAY USA TODAY left out a few zeros on their chart. The explosive yield of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was 15,000 tons of TNT, not
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