Pointless ExperimentsPavlov's Frog writes: I once spent 20 minutes with my eyes closed to see what it was like being blind. I smashed my knee on the kitchen cupboard, and decided I'd be better off deaf as you can still watch television.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 24 Jul 2008, 12:00)
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Our chemistry teacher showed us thatIt was supposed to produce a trickle of molten iron out the bottom of the flowerpot into the brick below. Instead it exploded dramatically.
Undeterred we gathered the next week and he tried again. Another flowerpot bit the dust.
Probably not as dangerous as the time they tried to show us hydrogen and oxygen combining to make water, which was supposed to power a 2-litre bottle like a rocket. Nothing happened, so (luckily!) we all turned and started walking away. After we'd walked a few metres away we heard the biggest explosion I have ever encountered. There was no trace left of the experimental equipment.
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