Ooit afgevraagd waarom de wereld is zoals hij is? Duizenden jaren menselijke geschiedenis, en dit is de versie van de wereld waar we mee gekomen zijn. Deze? Precies. Elke woensdag duikt Simone Polanen, host van Not Past It, in een moment uit precies deze week in de geschiedenis – en laat zien hoe dat onze levens vandaag de dag heeft gevormd.
Ever wonder why the world is the way it is? Like, 1000s of years of humanity and this is the version of the world we came up with. This one? Same. Each Wednesday on Not Past It host Simone Polanen will pick a moment from that very same week in history — and tell you how it shaped our lives today.
On January 15, 1919, a tank exploded in Boston’s North End releasing a tsunami wave of molasses that plowed down the city’s streets at 35 miles per hour. It destroyed businesses and homes. Lives were lost. And in the wake of this sticky disaster, people were suspicious… What caused the tank to blow? Who was to blame? There were rumors of foul play. This episode originally aired January 12, 2022.
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