If someone went up and asked me about the London Beer Flood, I would have thought it was a joke.

I still can't believe something like this actually happened...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood

I just got sad when I saw a 3 and 4 year old drowned in beer

Sounds like an Underworld song

How'd you even hear about this? That's crazy..

How'd you even hear about this? That's crazy..

StumbleUpon. Unfortunately is was tagged under humor (where it really shouldn't have been).

It just struck me as bizarre that something like this really happened.

@Sholtz That's why I was pretty iffy about posting it.

Finances! (to answer the broad question of what we're not taught in school)

That is crazy. I can see it as possible though. They use to use wooden tanks. Hell, the fermentation vats at work hold 33,000 gallons each and there are over 20 of them.