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The Mysterious 'Tsar Bomba' Explosion

On October 30, 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the 'Tsar Bomba', the most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested. Its blast was so intense that it generated a mushroom cloud 56 kilometers high and produced a shockwave that circled the Earth three times. The bomb was detonated over the Arctic Circle, and its power was estimated at a staggering 50 megatons of TNT.
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