Sugar Science, Goats, & The World's Largest Rifle

Welcome to Science Goes Boom. It’s hog butchering time across the fruited plain, and what better way to use that pork than by making homemade bacon. Here’s how:

I’ve lived in Alaska for almost thirty years and I’m just now learning that moose shed their racks every year? Here’s that and a bunch of other weird science facts:

There are only three of these rifles on Earth for a reason: Because it hurts to shoot them. Here’s the biggest shoulder-fired boom of them all:

“Unfortunately we weren’t able to catch the lighter on fire, so let’s try using five lighters.” Like so:

[Parent’s note: Don’t let your kids play with fire, or sugar, or pretty much anything you see in a Science Goes Boom video.]

After this, all of those shop mechanic’s terms will start making sense:

Is the goat really the GOAT, and are sheep really just dumb sheep?

[My editor (wife) really wants you to know that it’s NEVER “sheeps.” Just sheep, plural or singular.]

Classic Destin from the archives:

And finally, Colin Furze attempts to recreate a Max Max-ian Hollywood stunt:

[Note: He says, “What the h***” a couple of times between the 3:00-3:08 timestamps, but really he could have said it (or worse) a dozen more times during the testing portion of this video.]

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Bonus video because my kid lobbied me to include it, even though it’s not real science. Plus he’s fighting a cold this week. You’re welcome, Finn:

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