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July 2, 2020

Thu. 07/02 - The Exploding Whale Memorial Park (is a real thing)

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The full story behind America’s national anthem. The other American holiday kicking off this weekend that you may not have heard of. The legendary exploding whale of Oregon gets its own memorial park. And NASA’s 4K ten-year time lapse of the sun.

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Links:

  • The True Story Of Who Wrote 'The Star-Spangled Banner' (All That’s Interesting)
  • This Week, Be Nice to Joisey. Oops. Jersey (NY Times)
  • July 3-9 is Official Be Nice to New Jersey Week. No Thanks!! (You Don’t Know Jersey)
  • Tonya Harding and the legend of the exploding whale were both born on this day in Oregon (The Oregonian)
  • ‘Exploding Whale’ Park Memorializes Blubber Blast 50 Years Later (NY Times)
  • Oregon's Exploding Whale - 2012 KATU AM Northwest (KATU's 50th Anniversary) (TheExplodingWhale.Com, YouTube)
  • Exploding Whale by Sufjan Stevens (SoundCloud)
  • Watch a 10-Year Time Lapse of Sun From NASA’s SDO (NASA)
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