Happy 55th Oregon Blew Up A Whale Day for those who celebrate!
Also: if you're afraid of doing something because you're worried you'll look like a jackass if you mess up, PLEASE know that you will never look like as much of a jackass as the State of Oregon did as chunks of rotting whale blubber pelted onlookers.
They caught the whole debacle on the evening news.
popularmechanics.com/science/a…
50 Years Ago Today, Oregon Blew Up a Dead Whale. With Dynamite. On Live TV.
The blubber chunks were ... everywhere.Caroline Delbert (Popular Mechanics)
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Doc Impossible
in reply to Doc Impossible • • •Seriously, for God's sake: they used HALF A TON OF TNT.
1,000 pounds.
453 kilograms.
THEY FLATTENED A CAR
WITH FALLING BLUBBER
No matter how badly you fuck up, you will never, ever fuck up this badly. I promise. Do The Thing.
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in reply to Doc Impossible • • •Chip Unicorn
in reply to Doc Impossible • • •No matter what I do in life, I will never be THAT AWESOME.
Half a ton of TNT.
Expecting that seagulls will eat eight tons of whale.
Covering EVERYONE for a quarter mile around with bits and pieces of whale.
This is ART.
Pandora
in reply to Doc Impossible • • •Doc Impossible
in reply to Pandora • • •@pandora_parrot Whale blubber is apparently the same approximate density as a bowling ball
So
That's how
Pandora
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Unknown parent • • •rowan {forest witch}
in reply to Doc Impossible • • •Stephanie 🎀
in reply to Doc Impossible • • •(psst, yesterday was the 55th anniversary 💥🐋)
Florence now has a park dedicated in honor of that event.
Jess👾
Unknown parent • • •"It'll just disintegrate the whole whale!"
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Have none of you ever talked to anyone who was ever a soldier in a war and know about how explosions effect a body?
@FinalGirl @storybead @Impossible_PhD
Tyla: The Unhinged CumDumpster
in reply to rowan {forest witch} • • •Hedders
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in reply to Doc Impossible • • •Dan Ports
in reply to Doc Impossible • • •this is the first viral[1] video[2] I remember seeing on the internet!
[1] to the extent anything could be considered viral on the internet in those days
[2] to the extent anything of that resolution could be considered a video, also. But it took a very long time to download.
Canela Blanca
in reply to Doc Impossible • • •Frank Quednau
in reply to Doc Impossible • • •glorious
youtu.be/V6CLumsir34
The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon
KATU News (YouTube)Ride Theory
in reply to Doc Impossible • • •The minor league #baseball Eugene Emeralds have an alternate identity: the Exploding Whales
emeralds.milbstore.com/collect…
Exploding Whales
Eugene EmeraldsSuzanne Aldrich (she/her)
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in reply to Doc Impossible • • •#douglasadams
Fardels Bear
in reply to Doc Impossible • • •How could I have missed it? Here's the footage so you don't have to wade through the blubber of the article.
youtube.com/watch?v=V6CLumsir3…
The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon
KATU News (YouTube)Jules
in reply to Fardels Bear • • •Fardels Bear
in reply to Jules • • •I'd say that was a lesson well taught.