This is fascinating - SpongeBob's home, Bikini Bottom, was named for Bikini Atoll where the U.S. conducted nuclear tests from 1946 to… | Instagram
![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)
Quite odd': coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll 70 years after nuclear tests | Marshall Islands | The Guardian
![TIL that Bikini atoll, the place where Bikini Bottom was named after, was declared a nuclear wasteland after the US dropped 23 bombs in the 1950s. However scientists have found thriving life TIL that Bikini atoll, the place where Bikini Bottom was named after, was declared a nuclear wasteland after the US dropped 23 bombs in the 1950s. However scientists have found thriving life](https://external-preview.redd.it/flwdNjuo5e3oMIDxMudA-lAyCGTf2Zyd2QyQqrdadME.jpg?auto=webp&s=4254bac9784558458fc1360391bcc4b6c7af3839)