9h 4min, dec 6, 1917 y - halifax explosion
Description:
up until the nuclear bomb was invented this was the most powerful human made explosion in history when 2 ships collided, one carrying munitions and explosives from the battlefields of world war 1 and when the 2 ships collided it left 2000 people dead, 12000 maimed or blinded and 25000 without shelter
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9h 4min, dec 6, 1917 y
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~ 107 years ago