145 - History's Most Interesting Non-Water Floods
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The London Beer Flood
The london beer flood took place on 17th of october 1814. Eight people died when a giant 22 foot tall wooden vat of beer exploded out onto the street in this giant wave of partially fermented beer. The neighborhood is st. gile's rookery and then what happens is you got a bunch of irish people there they are apparently having a wake and then they get crushed by a bunch of beer.
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