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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 ...
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The bizarre, blubber-filled story behind Oregon’s 1970 Exploding Whale Incident

Reporter Paul Linnman and photographer Doug Brazil visited the Oregon Coast on November 12, 1970 during what eventually became known as the Exploding Whale Incident. (KATU) FLORENCE, Ore. (Amazing ...