Operation Paperclip was a covert plan orchestrated by the US government as the world transitioned from WWII to the cold war in the mid to late 40’s. Both the US and USSR worked to gain a strategic advantage in weaponry and space exploration and would take any advantage they could.

Sources:

https://www.history.com/news/what-was-operation-paperclip

https://allthatsinteresting.com/operation-paperclip

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Project-Paperclip

In 1919, a giant wave of molasses destroyed homes and swallowed up everyone in its path. Learn how corporate negligence caused one of the most unusual tragedies in Boston history.

Sources:

https://www.history.com/news/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Molasses-Flood

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-boston-molasses-disaster-was-so-deadly-180961209/

https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/13/first-hand-accounts-great-boston-molasses-flood/

https://open.spotify.com/episode/04lm6lCa5R4K5xDk2XAzfs

The Essex whaling ship sunk thousands of miles from land after an unusual attack from a sperm whale in 1820. Learn how eight men survived months in the Pacific and why this story served as the inspiration for the famous novel, Moby Dick.

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Essex-whaling-ship

https://allthatsinteresting.com/essex-ship

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-life-horror-that-inspired-moby-dick-17576/