Hello friends! In the recent spirit of Halloween, which just passed last week, you may recall the classic horror movie “The Blob.” Thank goodness a giant gelatinous monster that engulfs living people is fictional…or is it? In January of 1919, a bizarre event known as “The Boston Molasses Disaster” occurred. A giant storage tank holding 2.3 million gallons of molasses burst, unleashing...
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