![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?auto=webp&s=084eda2c71e022af804e1d72c74f1968f87a96e5)
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 :
![Beyond the Bomb: A Grassroots Movement to Stop Nuclear War SpongeBomb Square Pants and the Anniversary of Castle Bravo Beyond the Bomb: A Grassroots Movement to Stop Nuclear War SpongeBomb Square Pants and the Anniversary of Castle Bravo](https://beyondthebomb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Bikini_Atoll_Nuclear_Test_Site-115015-1920x380.jpg)
Beyond the Bomb: A Grassroots Movement to Stop Nuclear War SpongeBomb Square Pants and the Anniversary of Castle Bravo
![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/6c22d14ad8fbff4a29394d51d3b14d69731528df/0_389_4608_2765/master/4608.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=7aca46c27080bc1312a7bc5692612c5f)