experiments
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Pouring Hot Water On Skittles Is Truly Magical
Video: Skittles’ “taste the rainbow” tagline seems all the more appropriate when you arrange the colourful lollies in a ring on a plate and pour hot water over them. They immediately begin to melt and bleed colour, producing a rainbow design that’s straight up magical without the need for a wand.
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Why Glass Bottles Shatter At The Bottom When You Smack The Top With Your Bare Hands
Video: There’s nothing quite like using the scientific method to figure out what’s happening in a silly party trick that we’ve seen way too many times (if you’ve been to bad parties, at least): The ol’ smack the top of a glass bottle and watch the bottom burst out in shards gag.
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Adding A Petrol-Powered Propeller Makes A Towering 360 Swing Even Crazier
Video: Because riding a 360-degree swing as tall as your house isn’t daring enough, amateur mad scientist Colin Furze has upgraded his latest creation with a petrol-powered parasailing motor, giving it more power, more speed and a guaranteed way to make riders want to puke their brains out after a ride.
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What Happens When You Shoot A Liquid Nitrogen Gun At A Flamethrower
Ah, in a tale as old as ice and fire, here’s a liquid nitrogen ‘squirt gun’ versus a flamethrower. The Backyard Scientist outfitted a liquid nitrogen canister with a release valve that basically turns liquid nitrogen into a freeze ray death weapon of sorts (as in, the pressure makes the liquid nitrogen shoot out pretty…