"CB" (jrcb)
01/15/2016 at 09:42 • Filed to: Weird History
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"CB" (jrcb)
01/15/2016 at 09:42 • Filed to: Weird History | 3
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Happy 97th anniversary of one of the weirdest disasters in history, the Boston Molasses Flood! A storage tank burst, releasing around 2.3 million gallons of molasses into the streets of Boston in a wave that moved at about 56 km/h. The end results were 21 dead, 150 injured, and molasses being literally everywhere for a while.
More history on Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mol…
Ash78, voting early and often
> CB
01/15/2016 at 09:46 |
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56km/h
1. Those are some fast-ass molasses.
2. Didn’t a bunch of Bostonians die so we wouldn’t have to use that commie European metric shit?
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CB
> Ash78, voting early and often
01/15/2016 at 09:48 |
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35 miles an hour for you bastards. According to Wikipedia, it also reached a height of 25 feet at its highest.
So, whenever you hear someone say “slow as molasses in January”, know that they’re full of bullshit.
McMike
> CB
01/15/2016 at 09:51 |
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I came here to make a “slow as molasses” joke, but see you guys have it covered. Nice work.
Carry on.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> CB
01/15/2016 at 09:53 |
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As we enter the three year window for the centennial, it’s time to start making plans if we want a reenactment. Tanker trucks aren’t going to buy themselves, you know.
ttyymmnn
> CB
01/15/2016 at 09:54 |
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Slower than molasses in Janu......
Wait, what?