# dangerous toys I made because I was bored

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 1, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-toys-i-made-because-i-was-bored/84861 "2001-10-01T23:28:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![BlueMoonofKentucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8dc957/32.png) [@BlueMoonofKentucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMoonofKentucky)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-toys-i-made-because-i-was-bored/84861/41 "2001-10-04T14:21:06Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ModernRonin2 \*  
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> Liquid nitrogen. Seriously.
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> …snip…
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> I suppose you could do the same thing with dry ice. Probably take a lot longer for it to blow however.  
> …snip…  
> -Ben \*\*

Dry ice works well in this modality if a small quantity of Dihydrogen Monoxide(@ 20C) is added to the reaction vessel to reduce overall reaction time. Move quickly, Grasshopper.

It sounds like many on this thread grew up with the same low ringing in your ears that I did. But then I did grow up in a household whose income came from the use of explosives in the mining industry 🙂

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-toys-i-made-because-i-was-bored/84861/42 "2001-10-04T15:15:18Z")

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Silver nitrate! Whoohoo!

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