What do rum and beets have in common, or just as equally, what do artificial sweeteners and lead paint have in common? How did the phrase "Yo, Ho, Ho, and a Bottle of Rum" get attached to pirates? How did sugar drive the slave trade and who gave the Caribbean the first sugar plants to start growing? Have you heard about the Boston Molassacre? All these questions and more can be answered on this episode of When Science Makes History.
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