Apocalypse Not: 21 Doomsday Prophecies that Fizzled
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The Manhattan Project
Before the top-secret Trinity atomic bomb test, some scientists speculated that the nuclear reaction could ignite the atmosphere and kill every living thing on Earth. The probability of a global conflagration was calculated to be infinitesimally small and they (gulp) pressed the button.
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