Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-fifteenth century sparked a revolution in communication that would forever alter the course of human history. Prior to this pivotal moment, books were painstakingly handwritten by scribes, making them scarce and accessible only to a select few. The printing press permitted mass production of pr
On a crisp September day in 1918, the quiet streets of Boston's North End were abruptly violated by an unexpected and horrific catastrophe. A massive storage holding hundreds of thousands of gallons of molasses, a popular sweetener at the time, suddenly exploded, sending a sticky wave of brown goo through the streets like a river. Buildings were cr
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