Fake Foods, Magnesium Fires, & Fun With Grenades
Did you know that a vending machine makes good cover when someone is shooting at you? But only on the sides, if you try to hide directly behind it you’re screwed:
Just one reason why you shouldn’t use dry ice to put out a magnesium fire. Also, something cool you can do with dry ice if you have a magnesium fire:
Now I know why I couldn’t find Mountain Dew overseas anywhere but Germany. Still mad about that, but those other countries have earned my adoration for taking the world’s most boring cereal off the shelf:
Boys, this is why you need to be sweet to your mamma. Given the right circumstance she can pick up a dining room table and toss it across the room:
More of a cautionary tale because a robot that can punch out titanium like it’s butter can also squish you like a bug. Maybe Destin hasn’t seen many Terminator movies, and maybe I’ve see too many:
“Hey Joe, want to go swamping around tidepools looking for deadly aquatic animals?”
“Sure.”
“Want to handle them barehanded too?”
“Umm…”
And finally, how about an umbrella that get’s everyone else wet but keeps you dry? It’s gotta have a practical application:
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