TIL of the Texas City Disaster, the deadliest industrial accident in United States history. The explosion, caused by a ship full of ammonium nitrate catching fire, was so large that the ship's anchor serves as a memorial to the explosion where it landed... a mile and a half inland.

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/study-says-renewable-energy-power-plants-will-overtake-natural-gas-plants-by-2035/Content?oid=15834618

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