On Sweet Turned Deadly: The Great Boston Molasses Flood

On a sultry January day in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive reservoir overflowing with sticky molasses ruptured suddenly, unleashing a wall of thick, brown goo that engulfed the streets below. Hundreds of people were caught in the catastrophic flood, swept away the unexpected impact of the molasses. The spectacle wa

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