THE GUTENBERG REVOLUTION: A HISTORY OF INNOVATION

The Gutenberg Revolution: A History of Innovation

Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-15th century revolutionized the world. This groundbreaking device enabled the mass production of literature, breaking the previous monopoly of knowledge held by the church. Before Gutenberg's invention, books were painstakingly written by hand, making them scarce and accessible only to

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The Great Boston Molasses Catastrophe

On a blustery morning in that fateful year, disaster struck Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a torrent of the thick liquid rushing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, flattening buildings and trapping people in a treacly soup. Hundreds of people were fatally injured, and many more sustaine

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