Atomic Dummies In Nevada
In 1955, the US military used test dummies to test atomic bombs. They would put them in an area of the Nevada desert at the peak of the Cold War to determine how much fallout there would be and what injuries a human might encounter. According to Life: “A day after the 44th nuclear test explosion in the U.S. rent the still Nevada air, observers cautiously inspected department store mannequins which were poised disheveled but still haughty on the sand sand in the homes of Yucca Flat. The figures were residents of an entire million-dollar village built to test the effects of an atomic blast on everything from houses to clothes to canned soup.”
Atomic Dummies
Schienenzeppelin Bullet Train
Germany built a high-speed train called the Schienenzeppelin, designed by Franz Kruckenberg designed in 1929. The plan was for the train to be able to travel about 143 miles per hour. However, they only built one model, and it was destroyed in 1939 because of safety issues.
Schienenzeppelin Bullet Train
