▲ 15 ▼ 56 years ago today, three days after a sperm whale washed ashore in the city of Florence, Oregon, the state's Department of Transportation attempted to remove it using a half ton (450 kg) of dynamite (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 2 days ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/anniversaries@sopuli.xyz 2 comments fedilink hide all child comments Exploding Whale 50th Anniversary, Remastered! on youtube, from local television station KATU The other thing that Florence, Oregon is famous for is accidentally banning sex, seven years after the exploding whale incident.
[–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago Weeeeee! I want a job where I should use explosives to destroy whales! permalink fedilink source