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
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