This is fascinating - SpongeBob's home, Bikini Bottom, was named for Bikini Atoll where the U.S. conducted nuclear tests from 1946 to 1

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The Nuclear bombing of Bikini Atoll

This is fascinating - SpongeBob's home, Bikini Bottom, was named for Bikini Atoll where the U.S. conducted nuclear tests from 1946 to 1

SpongeBob, the bikini, Godzilla, and thermonuclear genocide

Underwater atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll, 1946 : r/Damnthatsinteresting

Decades after nuclear testing, Bikini Atoll continues to fascinate researchers today - ABC News

7 Surprising Facts about the Nuclear Bomb Tests at Bikini Atoll

Decades after nuclear testing, Bikini Atoll continues to fascinate researchers today - ABC News

Bikini Bottom Was Actually a Nuclear Testing Site

Paradise Lost - Third Pod from the Sun

Bikini Atoll, Encyclopedia SpongeBobia

SpongeBob SquarePants Theory: Bikini Bottom Is A Nuclear Test Site

TIL that Bikini Atoll (the marker for where Bikini Bottom from SpongeBob is located) was an island that was used for nuclear bomb testing in the 40s and 50s. : r/todayilearned

Bikini Atoll, Encyclopedia SpongeBobia

Why are parts of the Bikini Atoll and Marshall Islands still radioactive to this day from the Castle Bravo nuclear bomb tests? - Quora