Ep 6: The Exploding Whale Fail

Today we'll discuss a whale fail that lives in infamy & the first cat to solve a murder (not the last).

Big thanks to author and columnist, Dave Barry, who wrote about the whale incident in 1990 where I was able to find it, read it, and never forget it. His humor is absolutely a cornerstone of this podcast and I'm ever grateful for stumbling upon that article as a young person.

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I got today's information from

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1990/05/20/thar-she-blows/8f6bc076-3843-4653-99d0-a50df88eabaf/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_whale

https://www.newsweek.com/exploding-whale-memorial-park-oregon-sperm-stranded-carcass-dynamite-1515176

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/625499/florence-oregon-exploding-whale-1970

https://www.oregonlive.com/travel/2020/06/now-you-can-visit-exploding-whale-memorial-park-on-the-oregon-coast.html

http://www.offbeatoregon.com/H001_ExplodWhale.html

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/runaway-tortoise-tennessee_n_5f469a0bc5b697186e30080e

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Shirley_Duguay

https://animals.howstuffworks.com/pets/10-cats-who-made-history5.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/24/world/cat-hair-finds-way-into-courtroom-in-canadian-murder-trial.html

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/runaway-tortoise-tennessee_n_5f469a0bc5b697186e30080e

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