The children filled a torch with gunpowder extracted from matchsticks and inserted a battery, causing the torch to explode when it was switched on.
  • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]
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    2 months ago

    Who among us didn't experiment with stupid pyrotechnics in childhood. There but for the grace of God go I. Wishing them a speedy recovery.

    This reminds me it's probably time to talk to my kid about not setting things on fire in the house

    • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      High-school memories of extracting gunpower from bullets and making pipe-bombs. I also experimented with electronic detonators. Fun stuff and blossomed a life-long interest in chemistry. But yea really dangerous.