They thought the whale was safe to move - then it exploded
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They thought the whale was safe to move - then it exploded
In 1970, officials in Oregon thought they had found the perfect solution to a massive whale carcass that had washed ashore: 450 kilograms of TNT. What happened next became one of the strangest and most infamous incidents in American history as chunks of whale debris rained down on spectators and damaged nearby vehicles. This video explores the ...
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