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Molasses and munitions: deadly explosions throughout U.S. history
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Molasses and munitions: deadly explosions throughout U.S. history
In 1919, a giant tank of molasses exploded, sending a wave of sweet goo traveling 35 miles per hour through a neighborhood in Boston. During World War I, the company that owned the tank fermented molasses into industrial alcohol, which was then used to make munitions and other weaponry. The event killed 21 people, some suffocated by syrup. In 1947, a docked ship holding thousands of pounds of ammonium nitrate — a mixture designed for bombs and l…
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