What are some natural ingredients one might stumble upon in the wilderness that you could potentially mix together (sans laboratory) to create a flash or explosion?
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posted by np312
on Dec 3, 2012 -
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SciFiBookFilter: Looking for a book I read maybe 10 years ago in which a device is developed that renders explosives inert...
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posted by bullox
on Aug 6, 2011 -
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I'm trying to remember a children's book. There is an explosive so powerful that a single grain of it would cause a huge blast. It is in the possession of a sinister person. Our tiny hero rides a bird, steals the explosive, and (spoiler) drops it in the ocean, where it detonates relatively harmlessly.
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posted by Eater
on Jan 4, 2011 -
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On "Lie To Me" this past week (possible spoiler alert) one of the characters notices the smell of Almonds while walking up to a building that was rigged to explode with C4. Now I was wondering:
does C4 actually smell like Almonds? Or is this just one of those weird Hollywood myths. This seems like a bad property for something used to blow people up (they would smell the almonds and run away).
posted by selenized
on Jun 20, 2010 -
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What could my neighbors be doing that would cause explosions that shake our house (across the street and set back a ways from the road, in a rural subdivision)?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 25, 2010 -
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What's the largest explosion I can make, legally, without any particular kind of license, and what would I use to make it?
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posted by pompomtom
on Dec 20, 2007 -
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