GUTENBERG'S LEGACY: A JOURNEY OF PROGRESS

Gutenberg's Legacy: A Journey of Progress

Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-15th century transformed the world. This groundbreaking mechanism enabled the mass production of literature, breaking the previous dominance of knowledge held by the religious institutions. Before Gutenberg's discovery, books were painstakingly transcribed by hand, making them scarce a

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The Boston Molasses Disaster of 1919

On a blustery January in 1919, disaster struck Boston. A massive reservoir filled with sticky, sweet molasses burst sending a wall of of the thick liquid flowing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, crushing buildings and entombing people in a treacly mass. Hundreds of people were lost their lives, and many more suffered. The city fac

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