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Florence Is Throwing Its Exploding Whale a 56th Birthday Party, and Paul Linnman Is Coming

The Oregon Coast town that got rained on by blubber in 1970 marks the anniversary Nov. 14 and 15 with a documentary, a free party in Old Town, and…

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