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					<H2 id="bikini-etymology">Fact: Bikini Etymology</H2>
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						The modern bikini was invented by a French designer in 1946.  It was named after Bikini Atoll, the site of US nuclear weapon tests a few days earlier in the Marshall Islands, on the reasoning that the burst of excitement it would cause would be like the nuclear device.  Between 1946 and 1958, twenty three nuclear devices were detonated at Bikini Atoll.  One detonation on March 1, 1954, codenamed Castle Bravo, was the first test of a practical hydrogen bomb.  The largest nuclear explosion ever set off by the United States, it was much more powerful than predicted and created widespread radioactive contamination.
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						Contributed by Random Facts on 2007-05-04
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						References: <A rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini">1</A><A rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_atoll">2</A>
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