The Last Person Standing In Nuclear War

In a nuclear explosion, how close you are impacts your chance of survival. But who you are also has more influence than you might think. If everyone on Earth were equidistant from the bomb, here's the last person standing.

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Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vTSGmvyqU6FcIkWLeU4I6jZZrWsYJIXwEulW8JnpMUSsJBUWTMSuaaxJ0QmrwvOT3iZr0ClU9BGtpTd/pub