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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Nob_ody on 2025-01-13 11:13:34+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1958, a plan called Project Oilsand proposed using nuclear bombs to exploit oil from Alberta’s Athabasca tar sands. The concept involved the underground detonation of up to 100 nuclear explosives to create intense heat; hypothetically liquefying the oil and making it easier to extract.