Wanggongchang Explosion
The Wanggongchang Explosion (Chinese: 王恭廠大爆炸), also known as the Great Tianqi Explosion (天啟大爆炸), Wanggongchang Calamity (王恭廠之變) or Beijing Explosive Incident in Late Ming (晚明北京爆炸事件), was an unexplained catastrophic explosion that occurred on May 30, 1626 AD during the late reign of Tianqi Emperor, at the heavily populated Ming China capital Beijing, and had reportedly killed around 20,000 people. The nature of the explosion is still unclear to this day, as it is estimated to have released energy equivalent to about 10-20 kiloton of TNT, similar to that of the Hiroshima bombing.
The epicenter of the explosion was the Wanggongchang Armory, one of the six gunpowder factories administered by the Ministry of Works in the Beijing area, and also one of the main storage facilities of armors, firearms, bows, ammunitions and gunpowders
You know what, I have a theory about this mysterious explosion.
We all know it was a kid with a firecracker dropping it down a sewer system
Probably a gender reveal party
I say it was a time traveler with a nuke that went off after he was mugged for his futuristic shoelaces.
> it is estimated to have released energy equivalent to about 10-20 kiloton of TNT
I’d like to see a detailed account of how they estimated that. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Likely an asteroid impact.
Shaggy used 50% of his power
It could’ve been a cavern loaded with gas that came in content with a flame somehow.