3...2...1...Boom! A sports retrospective off absurd 50th anniversary of a whale explosion
by Jesse Spector from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#5A9QP)
The Oregon Highway Division had an extremely non-highway problem to deal with 50 years ago. When a dead sperm whale washed up on the beach near Florence, nobody quite knew what to do about it, but it was starting to stink. So, the Highway Division was called in, and on November 12, 1970, they put their solution into...