千奇百怪小趣事之——蜜糖海嘯

大千世界，無奇不有，有些事情還真“雷”不倒你不肯休——不信?看了再說吧!

Let’s have one more mini-myth， and this one’s quite weird—The Treacle Tsunami.

On January 15th， 1919， in the north end neighborhood of Boston， Massachusetts， a tank containing 2.3 million gallons of treacle burst， and a wave of sticky 2)molasses up to 15 feet high ran through the streets at about 35 miles per hour， killing 21 and injuring 150 others. It was like a treacle tsunami， taking out everything in its path.

So， was that a true story? Did a treacle tsunami happen?

Well， yes it did. The Boston molasses disaster of 1919 is well-documented fact. It was caused by a combination of hot weather and a 3)faulty tank， and took six months to tidy up. Locals claim they can still smell the treacle today.

讓我們再來聽一個小傳奇吧，這個還挺不可思議的呢——“蜜糖海嘯”。

1919年1月15日，美國馬薩諸塞州的波士頓北端附近，一個儲存230萬加侖蜜糖的大缸爆裂，一股高達15英尺粘乎乎的蜜浪以35英里的時速涌進大街小巷，導致21人死亡，150人受傷。那就像一場蜜糖海嘯，卷走了沿途的一切。

那么，這是個真實的故事嗎?真的發生過一場蜜糖海嘯?

啊，的確發生過。這場1919年的波士頓蜜糖災難確是一個記錄在案的真實故事。這起事故發生的原因是因為天氣炎熱和儲物缸存在質量問題，而清理和處理善后花了6個月。當地人說時至今日仍然可以聞到那股蜜糖味。

翻譯:小云