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2024-08-18 11:31:22 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 00D89980B1E6A418802E72589326FBAB185C754A7B859196DD7187B05CE2964E
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Original Note:
The information in this bar graph is misleading. The combined TNT equivalent of Hiroshima (15 kt) and Nagasaki (25 kt) is 40,000 tons. [1] [2] The bar depicting Gaza is (70 kt) is ~4.5 times the size of London, while it should be ~3.5 times as large. [3] 1. https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/non-proliferation/hiroshima-nagasaki-and-subsequent-weapons-testin 2. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/15002352 3. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/far-more-bombs-dropped-on-gaza-than-london--dresden--hamburg
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