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[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 2 months ago (27 children)

Can someone please elaborate on the exploding whale?
Wikipedia is unusually cryptic on the subject in the article and Youtube won't let me open the linked videos for some reason...

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 67 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (22 children)

Oh, man, have I got a story for you...

https://youtu.be/V6CLumsir34

If that link doesn't work... In 1970 an 8 ton dead gray whale washed up on the beach in Florence.

Now, in Oregon, all the beaches are public beaches, under the control of the highway department, and they didn't know how to remove a dead whale.

So they packed it with 1/2 a ton of dynamite and blew it up thinking the seagulls and crabs would eat the bits remaining.

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 months ago

Oh my god, I totally love that news report!
Has some distinct Monty-Python-vibes!

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