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250 years later, a mystery about just how many chests of tea got dumped into Boston Harbor

The locals said they dumped 342 chests of tea overboard in ye olde tea party, but the owner of the ships only put in for compensation for 340. What happened to those other two chests? J.L. Bell ponders.

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Four chests would have fallen in on their own before anyone arrived just because they were stacked poorly.

One person would struggle to push a 5th chest off the bow but the TikTok edit would make it appear as if they pushed in 10.

The East India company would put in an insurance claim for 100 chests stolen by a mob.

The GOP political ad "proving" liberal lawlessness in Boston would actually be footage of a European football riot from 10 years earlier. They will claim radical liberals are coming to destroy tea ships in Kansas.

The comments on the Uhub story would be mostly about bike lanes. (Or lack thereof.)

The Globe would have a article but it wouldn't be published until a week later. The focus would be on how shops in Newton are struggling without their tea deliveries.

The MBTA will claim it as justification to replace the orange line with busses for a week.

A bunch of white nationalists from New Hampshire will say they are coming to Boston to protect the shipping industry but their minivan will get lost and they'll end up standing around a drydocked lobster boat in Gloucester.

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You're really making history come alive with that comment!

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There is one last thing:

Influenzers attempting to take selfies with the crime scene tape along the harbor demanding that the cops get out of their scenic background shot.

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would be dressed in bear suits and led by Keytar Bear.

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You just need to work in some point blaming immigrants or refugees, and it will be perfect!
Maybe you could have them building a wall to close Congress Street - or gluing outward-facing spikes & nails on the tea chests, tying them together, and using them to create a barrier to keep new arrivals from swimming across the Fort Point Channel.

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Those 2 were full of opium.

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The captain's stash of opium.

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3-1-1 complaint today?

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