Did you ever hear of the Great Molasses Flood of Boston, a 25 foot high wave moving at 35 mph? It's the reason simple basic fundamentals of engineering ought to be taught in public school, so the basics of applied engineering are commonly understood

On Jan. 15, 1919, a wood tank (similar to railroad water tanks, and roof top tanks, but the size of a tank farm that holds oil or gas) that contained more than 2 million gallons of molasses ruptured (due to making it too damn large instead of simply making more smaller ones) killing 21 people and injuring more than 100 others. 

It destroyed buildings, killed animals and coated everything in the vicinity of the tank with a suffocating and hard-to-remove layer of the sticky substance.

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