Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. on November 9, 1970, officials in Florence, Oregon, decided a 45-foot-long stinky sperm whale needed to go. A whale that dies ...

In 1970, a dead whale washed ashore in Florence, Oregon. Officials had one idea: blow it up. What followed became one of the strangest—and most explosive—moments in news history. Trump admin sending ...