![TIL that the bikini is named after Bikini Atoll, a nuclear weapons testing site, because the creator thought it would provoke in onlookers a similar reaction to gazing at an atomic bomb : TIL that the bikini is named after Bikini Atoll, a nuclear weapons testing site, because the creator thought it would provoke in onlookers a similar reaction to gazing at an atomic bomb :](https://preview.redd.it/0a4vw2a0nw381.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=4ad19e53ea9f0c3b8ac093b93837abc91d04aeae)
TIL that the bikini is named after Bikini Atoll, a nuclear weapons testing site, because the creator thought it would provoke in onlookers a similar reaction to gazing at an atomic bomb :
![Quite odd': coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll 70 years after nuclear tests | Marshall Islands | The Guardian Quite odd': coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll 70 years after nuclear tests | Marshall Islands | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2a777172f366aa2d34968b87f1f30418d4519afb/0_310_5415_3249/500.jpg?quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=cb07ba775a02735a9ccc53ff20bfde18)
Quite odd': coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll 70 years after nuclear tests | Marshall Islands | The Guardian
![Forscher untersuchen atomverseuchtes Bikini-Atoll - Was sie finden, ist erstaunlich - Artikel von The Weather Channel | weather.com Forscher untersuchen atomverseuchtes Bikini-Atoll - Was sie finden, ist erstaunlich - Artikel von The Weather Channel | weather.com](https://s.w-x.co/twc_de_de_bikiniatoll.jpg)
Forscher untersuchen atomverseuchtes Bikini-Atoll - Was sie finden, ist erstaunlich - Artikel von The Weather Channel | weather.com
Remarkable': Scientists amazed by thriving marine life at Bikini Atoll site where 23 atomic bombs were dropped | The Independent | The Independent
![Quite odd': coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll 70 years after nuclear tests | Marshall Islands | The Guardian Quite odd': coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll 70 years after nuclear tests | Marshall Islands | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/768f539dfcbad1169de4a37c6494551361dc599c/0_0_4608_2765/master/4608.jpg?width=445&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=83444ab6b5c6c93236ef56711b82e34c)