THE GUTENBERG IMPACT: A STORY OF INVENTION

Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-15th century revolutionized the world. This groundbreaking technology enabled the mass production of books, breaking the previous control of knowledge held by the religious institutions. Before Gutenberg's invention, books were painstakingly copied by hand, making them scarce and acces

On a blustery morning in that fateful year, disaster struck Boston. A massive tank filled with sticky, sweet molasses gave way sending a wall of of the thick liquid crashing through the streets. The power was catastrophic, flattening buildings and trapping citizens in a sticky Deadly Molasses mass. Scores of people were fatally injured, and many