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The Hiroshima explosion was described in TIME magazine as being seven times the strength of the Halifax explosion. Before Halifax (and Hiroshima becoming the standard), was there a man-made explosion which would be known well enough to be used as a measurement unit?

by /u/LukeInTheSkyWith in /r/AskHistorians

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