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An eight-ton whale exploded over a crowd. πŸ‹
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Science Gone WrongAug 21, 2026

An eight-ton whale exploded over a crowd. πŸ‹

An eight-ton whale exploded over a crowd. πŸ‹ . . . 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 workedβ€”just not in the direction anyone expected.

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Smithsonian Magazine, 2013, 'The True Story of the Exploding Whale'

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