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		dredmorbius on June 10, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stench gas And if you've ever wondered whose blood those regulations arose from, it's the 300 souls lost in the New London School Explosion: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_London_School_explosion

rabboRubble on June 10, 2017 [–]

Yeah, we lose the collective memory of the "why" behind many of our regulations. Thanks for telling me about this. I certainly did not know!

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