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In 1919, 2.3 million gallons of molasses nearly destroyed the north end of Boston. This week, we'll look at this odd disaster story. We'll find out why there was so much molasses being housed in Boston, how the tank holding the molasses exploded, the amount of damage that was done, and the aftermath of the disaster. Read more about the Boston Molasses Disaster: http://mentalfloss.com/article/27366/bostons-great-molasses-flood-1919 https://www.history.com/news/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/01/14/nearly-century-later-new-insight-into-cause-great-molasses-flood/CNqLYc0T58kNo3MxP872iM/story.html Buy a US 101 pint glass: https://classicetching.com/shop?olsPage=products%2Fus101-pint-glass US 101 on Patreon: http://patreon.com/us101 Facebook: http://facebook.com/usahistory101 Twitter: http://twitter.com/usahistory101 Instagram: http://instagram.com/usahistory101 Snapchat: @usahistory101

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This video was published on 2018-04-17 19:30:24 GMT by @US-101 on Youtube. US 101 has total 12.8K subscribers on Youtube and has a total of 130 video.This video has received 70 Likes which are lower than the average likes that US 101 gets . @US-101 receives an average views of 4.3K per video on Youtube.This video has received 18 comments which are lower than the average comments that US 101 gets . Overall the views for this video was lower than the average for the profile.

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