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It’s Exploding Whale Day in Oregon: 10 things to know about the blubber blast, 55 years later
Florence honors a unique 1970 event with exhibits, costumes, and awards, celebrating how the dynamite blast turned into a cultural symbol with viral reach and local pride.
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Happy Exploding Whale Day!
On Thursday, November 12, 1970, the deadliest tropical cyclone on record struck Bangladesh, the Cleveland Cavaliers won their first game, and a sperm whale was found, quite dead and very heavy, on the beach in Florence, Oregon. Engineers with the state Department of Transportation thought they might remove it with 20 cases of dynamite—a classic mistake. — Read the rest The post Happy Exploding Whale Day! appeared first on Boing Boing.
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