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VM1e8 TIL That in Boston in 1919, a tank containing 2.3 million gallons of molasses burst, flooding the streets,killing 21 and injuring over 150 people.
R7xgQ TIL there was a black samurai named Yasuke. He was owned by a Jesuit missionary who gave him to the Daimyo, Oda Nobunaga. Nobunaga took an interest in him and made him a samurai, teaching him Japanese and giving him a home and a katana.
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