I'm a bit late with this month's explosion, but if I'd posted this earlier you would probably have thought it was an April fool's joke.
The presenter of this 1970 news clip insists that dynamite was the only way of getting rid of the dead whale that washed up on an Oregon beach. True or not, it made for an unusual blast.
For more about exploding whales (I'm serious) have a look at the link below. Apparently there was one in Taiwan that went up without even the need for dynamite.
exploding whales, honestly, who'd have thought it?
