Joey's Explosion of the Day: March 16

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"TJ,

The Civil War was a very important war. America lost a lot of brave men on both sides. Historians recently recovered this footage of the infamous Battle of Raleigh, which was a turning point of the war. Some say, it was the fourth turning point of the war. When union soldiers marched onto this estate in Raleigh and ordered its owner to surrender or else, the owner replied, "Or else, what?" That's when the General responded with a cannon fire so devestating, it exploded his entire house. It actually took at long time to walk back to the cannon and set it up, load it and wait for it to fire. The owner of the house stood on his porch yelling at the soldiers to answer him goddammit before finally the cannon fired. " -- Joey Coombe