Thursday, November 10, 2011

So This One IS True...

The Swiss freighter Cassarate, nearly sank in 1972, after its cargo of tapioca started cooking and its weight threatened to buckle the ship's steel plate. As the article pointed out, where do you go to offload 50 truckloads of tapioca?


Hmmm...add a few truckloads of sugar, a dash of cinnamon, and...
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