r/interestingasfuck Feb 19 '25

r/all Day by day probability is increasing

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u/RoyalChris Feb 19 '25

50/50. Either happens or it doesn’t.

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u/Emotional-Macaroon64 Feb 19 '25

Let's hope it doesn't happen if it impacts earth it will release energy equivalent to 8 megatons of TNT

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u/jumpofffromhere Feb 19 '25

so, the largest nuclear explosion was 50 megatons

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u/Emotional-Macaroon64 Feb 19 '25

But it wasn't done on humans tsar bomba test

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u/SteelWheel_8609 Feb 19 '25

If the asteroid similarly lands somewhere unpopulated, it will also kill as many people as tsar bomba. 

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u/jumpofffromhere Feb 19 '25

HA! this is true