The Night They Almost Nuked South Carolina

I don’t know how I missed this story until now.

I also don’t know how I’ve never heard of Mars Bluff, SC, given that is is only 52 miles from where I grew up.

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It seems that in 1958, a US Air Force B-47 dropped a nuclear bomb on Mars Bluff.  Fortunately, the bomb did not contain the removable core of fissionable uranium and plutonium, which was stored in a containment area onboard the plane.

Crazy.

(via Mental Floss)