Turning the Boston Harbor into Actual Tea

We wanted to know if enough tea was dumped in Boston harbor during the Boston tea party to turn the entire thing to tea. So we did some math.

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Producer: Elaine Seward
Writer: Alexa Billow
Scientific Consultants:
Executive Producer: George Zaidan
Fact Checker: Alison Le


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https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/th...
https://what-if.xkcd.com/79/
https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/...
http://www.mwra.state.ma.us/harbor/ht...
http://www.harbormasters.org/charts/1...
https://www.history.com/news/10-thing...
https://www.britannica.com/event/Bost...
https://www.seatemperature.org/north-...
https://drinks.seriouseats.com/2012/0...
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c...
http://www.northern-tea.com/blog/weig...

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