The Exploding Whale of Florence: Oregon’s Most Explosive Blunder of 1970
— March 16, 2026On a chilly November morning in 1970, a 45-foot, eight-ton sperm whale washed ashore…
Don’t be fooled by the fairly ordinary appearance of this lizard that is native to Africa. When these creatures feel threatened they can roll themselves into a circular shape that nicely highlights the fierce-looking spiky scales on their body. That tends to make them look a lot less appetizing in the eyes of a predator.
On a chilly November morning in 1970, a 45-foot, eight-ton sperm whale washed ashore…
In the rolling hills of Bath County, Kentucky, an ordinary spring day in 1876…
On the morning of June 30, 1908, at approximately 7:17 a.m. local time, a…
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