The Great Molasses Flood

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🗓️ 2 August 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The Great Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molasses Disaster or the Great Boston Molasses Flood, occurred on January 15, 1919 in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. A large molasses storage tank burst and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 mph (56 km/h), killing 21 and injuring 150. The event entered local folklore and for decades afterwards residents claimed that on hot summer days the area still smelled of molasses.

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0:00.0	Oh
0:12.0	Okay, okay are you guys are you guys ready?
0:18.0	Oh my fucking god holy shit what is this
0:20.0	Surprise
0:22.0	Get it off of me it's everywhere
0:26.0	Subject to the show today we just thought we'd do something with glasses
0:30.6	Holy shit it burns so bad. I can't get it out of my head. Why is it so fucking hot?
0:37.5	Okay, hold on it
0:39.5	It had to be hot or it wouldn't pour fast enough obviously
0:46.1	Surprise Jesus it's everywhere I can't
0:48.6	Fucking you fucking it is because of the show
0:51.8	I am going to fucking find you and when I do I'm gonna get one of my swords. I'm gonna stab all you in the mother fucking throat
1:00.2	It's uncomfortable in here now. I think I'm gonna go a bit best friend prank is
1:07.4	Don't I shout not in front of the molasses
1:18.6	Oh
1:33.3	Hello
1:35.3	And welcome
1:37.4	Disciptation
1:39.4	Podcast when we choose a subject read a single art we do a fun thing where it's different every time
1:44.9	Read a single article about it
1:46.9	Yeah, and pretend we're experts because this is the internet and that's how it works now. I'm Eli
1:52.9	You already know by my squeaky voice and the sounds of the machines helping me breathe and all
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