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2004-01-29 - 7:05 p.m. The decomposing remains of a 60-ton sperm whale exploded on a busy Taiwan street, showering nearby cars and shops with blood and organs and stopping traffic for hours, local newspapers said. The 56-foot whale had been on a truck headed for an autopsy at a university when gases from internal decay caused its entrails to explode in the southern city of Tainan. The whale died after it was beached on the southwestern coast of the island. � 
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