An 1888 lithograph of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa.
EXPLOSIONS. Outside of festive seasons, the sound of an explosion is for the most part unexpected and if loud or strange in nature – enough to give us pause and perhaps remember where we were when we heard it. Ever since the explosion of the Krakatoa volcano in 1883, people have claimed that it could have been heard all over Asia and Australia.
As such, could it have been heard in what is now the city of Kuala Lumpur?
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