FRIDAY SURPRISE: The Big Bang

Friday, November 09, 2007 Filed in: Friday Surprise!, Completely irrelevant, History
But not the one you may have thought!

You may recall that back during World War II, we developed the first operational nuclear bomb. It was a massive effort, with the epicenter in Alamogordo, New Mexico. So, why was it called the "Manhattan Project"?

Many believe that it was a name picked to draw attention away from the desert southwest, to confuse the enemy by calling it by something completely unrelated to the project. A little security sleight-of-hand, as it were.

You might be surprised just how close to the mark the name actually was.

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