Oh those wacky MythBusters! They just can’t bear to go a single episode without an earth-shattering kaboom. Apparently, yesterday, Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman and crew were just outside some sleepy little suburb east of their home base in San Francisco, blowing shit to smithereens as usual. This time, though, they got a little carried away and used enough explosives to shatter windows all over town. Oops.
Even though Adam and Jamie always tell you “Don’t try this at home…EVER!”, I am going to share with you this webpage which tells you how to make your own thermite. Thermite is a substance made up of iron oxide and, most commonly, aluminum that burns like a sonofabitch once you ignite it, and the MythBusters use it in stunts when they need something to reach a very high temperature in order to destroy it, or whenever they need something to make a really flashy display (thermite is often used in fireworks, for example). It doesn’t explode, but it can be used to make other things explode, and the military uses it for incendiary munitions when they want to set fire to buildings rather than cause explosions.
So you can imagine the sort of fun you could have with it. Just be prepared to tell the police and fire department that you were SURE you saw a red-headed guy and a walrus with a beret running in the other direction.
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