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On this day in 2020, at 6pm local time, 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored at Beirut’s port exploded, leaving 218 dead, 7,500 injured, 300,000 people homeless, and causing billions in property damage. Now understood to be one of the most powerful non-nuclear explosions in history, the seismic blast was so immense it was felt in Turkey, Syria, Israel, Palestine, and was even heard in Cyprus, more than 240 kilometres away read more
