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Hit parade: The biggest bangs in history

23 April 2010

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Gallery: Hit parade: The biggest bangs in history

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

Gallery: Hit parade: The biggest bangs in history

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