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TIL The Halifax Explosion was the biggest man made non weapons test explosion that resulted in casualties, with force equivalent to 2.9 kilotons of TNT the explosion caused 60 foot tsunami's and a shock wave that traveled at 7889 meter/s (23X speed of sound) and temperatures of 9,000°F at the center

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