An eight-ton whale exploded over a crowd. π . . . On November 12, 1970, Oregon officials packed a beached sperm whale near Florence with roughly half a ton of dynamite. The blast showered spectators with flesh, while one enormous chunk crushed a parked Oldsmobile. The explosion workedβjust not in the direction anyone expected.
Source
Smithsonian Magazine, 2013, 'The True Story of the Exploding Whale'
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