Archive for the ‘Fire’ Category

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MICROWAVE + PING PONG BALL = AWESOME

June 18, 2008

Watch the below video to see what happens when a ping pong ball is placed in a microwave. (Spoiler – flames erupt.)

via MentalFloss

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HOW NOT TO DEAL WITH HIGH GAS PRICES

June 6, 2008

I know we all want to find an alternative to driving less as a solution, but hording gasoline in your closet so you don’t have to pay future high prices is not a good strategy. A couple in Dartmouth found this out after the 45 gallons stacked in their closet set their apt. complex on fire.


Fire Chief Richard Arruda says the couple had about 45 gallons of gasoline in nine plastic jugs stacked in a closet that also housed an air conditioning unit. – Associated Press