Science explains what made the Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 so deadlymore stories from this episodeFull EpisodeResidents in Boston's North End will tell you that on a hot summer day you can still catch a whiff of molasses. A large tank of molasses burst open, sending waves of the sweet, sticky brown liquid crashing through the streets. How, on a cold winter day, could a tank full of molasses move so quickly and cause so much damage? Sharp, do we need to rethink that old saying "slow as molasses in January"?Well, if you have enough molasses, then yes. That was a group of men who were in a firehouse a short ways away from the molasses tank.

Source: CBC News November 25, 2016 22:54 UTC