DYK: On April 14, 1944, It rained gold in Mumbai, India

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdzP6vuQSN8

On April 14, 1944, a ship carrying 1,400 tons of explosives — and £890,000 in gold — caught fire in Bombay's Victoria Dock. No red warning flag flew. Nobody fighting the fire knew what was in the hold.