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Hit parade: The biggest bangs in history

Our planet has taken its share of hard knocks over the years 鈥� here's our rundown of chart-topping blasts from the past
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Making a splash
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Gallery: Hit parade: The biggest bangs in history

The colossal Toba supervolcanic eruption 74,000 years ago was big 鈥� but not the biggest in Earth鈥檚 history. Here鈥檚 our rundown of chart-topping blasts from the past

Gallery: Hit parade: The biggest bangs in history

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