Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-15th century altered the world. This groundbreaking mechanism enabled the mass production of texts, breaking the previous dominance of knowledge held by the church. Before Gutenberg's invention, books were painstakingly written by hand, making them expensive and accessible only to the
The Boston Molasses Disaster of 1919
On a blustery afternoon in the year, disaster struck Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses burst sending a torrent of the thick liquid crashing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, flattening buildings and entombing residents in a sticky mass. Dozens of people were lost their lives, and many more were wounded. T