Show Notes
In 1961, the Soviet Union dropped Tsar Bomba and its detonation was the largest in human history.
In 1974, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman fought in Kinshasa, Zaire in the 'Rumble in the Jungle.'
In 1938, Orson Welles scared a lot of folks with his radio dramatization of H.G. Wells' 'War of the Worlds.'
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