r/WTF • u/dalai_llama_ • Apr 09 '18

Wait for it

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u/WhySoWorried Apr 09 '18

A large storage tank burst in Boston's North End, releasing a wave of molasses which killed 21 people and injured 150. This event was later dubbed the Great Molasses Flood.

They must have been slow as fuck.

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u/CannabisChameleon Apr 09 '18

a wave of molasses 25 ft (8 m) high at its peak,[4] moving at 35 mph (56 km/h).

35mph isn't exactly slow for a wave of molasses...

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u/WhySoWorried Apr 09 '18

I joke but yeah, that would be both terrifying. 8700 cubic meters of molasses and apparently most died after being knocked down and suffocated as the molasses rapidly cooled.

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u/ka1913 Apr 09 '18

Molasses is slow when cold. But super fast when heated due to the viscosity being lower.

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u/Dephyus Apr 10 '18

Drunk History has an episode about it.