The Great Molasses Flood

A tank burst in Boston and sent a 25-foot wave of molasses through the streets at 35 mph, killing 21. Locals swore the neighborhood smelled sweet for…

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Locals really did claim you could still smell it on hot days decades later, and nobody's proven them wrong.

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