When Oregon blew up a whale with 20 cases of dynamite (2024)
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Re: When Oregon blew up a whale with 20 cases of dynamite (2024)
#2(2024)
They named a park after it: Oregon town names park after rotting whale officials blew up 50 years ago (3 points, 5 years ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23604100
Related The Exploding Whale remastered: 50th anniversary of legendary Oregon event (209 points, 4 years ago, 74 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25070440
Re: When Oregon blew up a whale with 20 cases of dynamite (2024)
#3(2024) They named a park after it: Oregon town names park after rotting whale officials blew up 50 years ago (3 points, 5 years ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23604100 Related The Exploding Whale remastered: 50th anniversary of legendary Oregon event (209 points, 4 years ago, 74 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25070440
There's gotta be a long danglist of relateds in one of these posts somewhere given it's such an evergreen.
Re: When Oregon blew up a whale with 20 cases of dynamite (2024)
#4The whale exploded in a blast of flame. The watchers cheered to see the same.
As we all know, it really doesn't do To disregard what Newton knew.
But there are those who'd pay them quite a fee To go clean Washington, DC.
Re: When Oregon blew up a whale with 20 cases of dynamite (2024)
#5The blown up whale in Oregon is sort of like the SR-71 speed readout story. Reposted endlessly, but you just kind of accept it.
Re: When Oregon blew up a whale with 20 cases of dynamite (2024)
#6Bit of a wasted opportunity to earn a bit of extra cash for the community there:
Climbing inside the carcass of a whale was once thought to bring relief to rheumatism sufferers
Re: When Oregon blew up a whale with 20 cases of dynamite (2024)
#7I love the list of half considered excuses considered before landing on dynamite. They just wanted to use dynamite.
Re: When Oregon blew up a whale with 20 cases of dynamite (2024)
#8I love the list of half considered excuses considered before landing on dynamite. They just wanted to use dynamite.
Yeah. They just needed more of it.
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#9> Florence celebrates Exploding Whale Day annually at Exploding Whale Memorial Park. In 2024, the public was invited to build an altar for the exploded whale.
I mean, I suppose if you’ve got one thing, you may as well really run with it.
Re: When Oregon blew up a whale with 20 cases of dynamite (2024)
#10I first heard of this in humorist Dave Barry's column. His description is worth a read.
https://www.theexplodingwhale.com/evidence/resources/dave-ba...