In a time long ago, Britain made a bold change to its calendar. For centuries, the nation had followed the Julian calendar, which was vastly out of sync with the real solar year. This discrepancy caused confusion and uncertainty about the correct date. To fix this issue, Parliament passed a revolutionary reform: the adoption of the Gregorian calend

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On a crisp September day in 1919, the calm streets of Boston's North End were abruptly transformed by an unexpected and terrible tragedy. A massive storage holding hundreds of thousands of gallons of molasses, a popular ingredient at the time, suddenly exploded, sending a thick wave of brown goo through the streets like a flood. Buildings were topp

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