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Famous Celebrities and Famous Adoptions

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Many of us have a fascination with the well-known in the world of adoption and foster care: actors, entertainers, athletes, politicians, and others. The list below includes names in the adoption community that may be more recognizable to Americans, but this isn't the end of it.Here is the list of most famous celebrity adoptions Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt The Hollywood superstars have six children, three of whom are adopted: Shiloh, Maddox and Pax. Are they planning on adding to their brood? The kids (see photos) get to see a lot of the world because their parents are often on set in far-flung locations – Jolie is now directing her first movie in an unlikely place. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman When Cruise and Kidman were married – and it was a long marriage by Hollywood standards – they adopted Connor and Isabella. (See photos). But their parents split and formed new families, and the kids have a say in where they spend their time. Kidman’s comment. Rosie...

Famous Celebrities and Famous Adoptions

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Many of us have a fascination with the well-known in the world of adoption and foster care: actors, entertainers, athletes, politicians, and others. The list below includes names in the adoption community that may be more recognizable to Americans, but this isn't the end of it.Here is the list of most famous celebrity adoptions Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt The Hollywood superstars have six children, three of whom are adopted: Shiloh, Maddox and Pax. Are they planning on adding to their brood? The kids (see photos) get to see a lot of the world because their parents are often on set in far-flung locations – Jolie is now directing her first movie in an unlikely place. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman When Cruise and Kidman were married – and it was a long marriage by Hollywood standards – they adopted Connor and Isabella. (See photos). But their parents split and formed new families, and the kids have a say in where they spend their time. Kidman’s comment. Rosie...

Top 10 most powerful nuclear tests

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The following list contains top most powerful nuclear tests conducted with a yield of over 10 Mt TNT by country and then by date. For more information on countries with nuclear weapons, see List of countries with nuclear weapons . For more information on nuclear weapon arsenals, see List of nuclear weapons . 01.Tsar Bomba Tsar Bomba (Russian: Царь-бомба ), literally " Tsar - bomb ", is the nickname for the Van hydrogen bomb - the largest, most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated. Developed by the Soviet Union, the bomb was originally designed to have a yield of about 100 megatons of TNT (420 PJ); however, the bomb yield was reduced to 50 Megatons in order to reduce nuclear fallout. Only one bomb of this type was ever built and it was tested on October 30, 1961, in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago . Model of the "Tsar Bomba" in the Sarov atomic bomb museum. 02.Operation Castle Castle Romeo was the code name given to one of the tests in the Operation Castl...

Top 10 most powerful nuclear tests

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The following list contains top most powerful nuclear tests conducted with a yield of over 10 Mt TNT by country and then by date. For more information on countries with nuclear weapons, see List of countries with nuclear weapons . For more information on nuclear weapon arsenals, see List of nuclear weapons . 01.Tsar Bomba Tsar Bomba (Russian: Царь-бомба ), literally " Tsar - bomb ", is the nickname for the Van hydrogen bomb - the largest, most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated. Developed by the Soviet Union, the bomb was originally designed to have a yield of about 100 megatons of TNT (420 PJ); however, the bomb yield was reduced to 50 Megatons in order to reduce nuclear fallout. Only one bomb of this type was ever built and it was tested on October 30, 1961, in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago . Model of the "Tsar Bomba" in the Sarov atomic bomb museum. 02.Operation Castle Castle Romeo was the code name given to one of the tests in the Operation Castl...