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Google experienced a major outage the same day an explosion occured at one of its major data centers, but didn't comment on whether the events were related.

Google Gone Offline

The events are apparently unrelated.

Mysterious Explosion At Google Injures Workers Hours Before Major Outage

A viral video showing an explosion at an aluminum factory that miraculously left no one injured is cause for a lot of speculation and jokes.

Fire Sale

Well, that escalated quickly. 

Watch a Factory Descend Into a Vision of Hell Within One Minute

A meteor exploded over the skies of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on New Year's Day — causing a boom the equivalent of 30 tons of TNT.

Ka-Boom

NASA says it was as strong as 30 tons of TNT — and 100  times brighter than the Moon.

Pittsburgh Shaken by Exploding Meteor

Police say the blast from gender reveal explosion was so powerful that it cracked the foundations of nearby homes and could be heard in a neighboring state.

It's a Boy!

The blast could be heard in a neighboring state — and reportedly turned tap water brown.

Gender Reveal Explosion Was So Strong It Cracked Home Foundations

Researchers at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research have discovered the biggest ever explosion observed in the universe since the Big Bang.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

"We've seen outbursts in the centres of galaxies before but this one is really, really massive."

Astronomers Detect Biggest Explosion Since the Big Bang

A car in the U.K. exploded because its driver sprayed an "excessive" amount of flammable air freshener in the vehicle and then lit a cigarette.

Hot Rod

Everything was going fine until he lit up a cigarette.

A Driver Used so Much Air Freshener His Car Literally Exploded

According to a new study, the center of the Milky Way galaxy exploded in a huge flare-up of hot gas. And an explosion might explode again in the future.

Big Burp

And it could happen again.

3.5 Million Years Ago, Our Galaxy Was Rocked by an Explosion

On Saturday, a SpaceX Dragon 2 capsule exploded during a static test. But you would never know that from SpaceX, which insists on calling it an "anomaly."