Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. on November 9, 1970, officials in Florence, Oregon, decided a 45-foot-long stinky sperm whale needed to go. A whale that dies ...
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The exploding whale incident

In an attempt to solve a “whale-sized” problem, Oregon officials blew up a beached whale with dynamite. What followed was ...
In 1970, officials in Florence, Oregon, tried to dispose of a beached whale using dynamite—sparking one of the strangest and most infamous events in news history. Heavy snow warning as up to 10 inches ...
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