This week, we discuss the Port of Beirut explosion that is the larges non-nuclear blast we have experienced in the modern world. This explosion, while still under investigation is believed to have been more violent due to the ammonium nitrate being stored in a decrepit warehouse.... next to fireworks. Yes, you read that correctly. This explosion would consume the lives of 218, injure 7,000, leave hundreds of thousands homeless, and cause over $15 billion USD in damage.

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Sources:

https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/08/03/they-killed-us-inside/investigation-august-4-beirut-blast

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Beirut_explosion

Intro/Out Music:

Cody Martin - Leviathan

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