Via @Impossible_PhD@hachyderm.io on Mastodon:

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.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a34658153/exploding-whale-dynamite-video/