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Prince Rupert's drops have remained a scientific curiosity for nearly 400 years due to two unusual mechanical properties: [4] when the tail is snipped, the drop disintegrates explosively into powder, whereas the bulbous head can withstand compressive forces of up to 664,300 newtons (67,740 kg f).
The lead bullet penetrated farther than the silver bullet due to its greater density and mass, thus it is more effective in bringing down an opponent. Also, silver shrinks when cooled, forcing precision accuracy when forging bullets out of it, and was used as a form of currency back in the Wild West, which would make using silver bullets ...
A bullet that struck the groin of a soldier in the American Civil War led to the impregnation of a woman who was struck by the same bullet after it exited the soldier's body. Busted A Civil War-era bullet was fired through a pouch containing spermatozoa and into ballistic gel representing the woman's abdomen; no living spermatozoa were ...
Someone can break a lightbulb by spraying it with drain cleaner. Confirmed The spray caused a thermal shock to the hot glass of the lamp, making it break. You can repair a blown fuse by wrapping it in a gum wrapper. Confirmed Adam demonstrated that this is possible. You can fix an acid leak with chocolate. Confirmed
A 4-year-old accidentally knocked over and shattered a 3,500-year-old Bronze Age jar during a visit to the Hecht Museum at the University of Haifa in Israel on Friday.. The museum said the ...
A bullet can be shot into the empty chamber of another revolver. Confirmed: The MythBusters were actually able to fire a bullet straight down the chamber of the test revolver. The bullet went in and lodged itself inside the chamber, matching the picture they had. A sniper can kill another sniper by shooting straight through the scope.
The action-movie hero is shot in the stomach; he limps to a safe house; he takes off his shirt, removes the bullet with a tweezer, and now he is better. This is not trauma surgery. Trauma surgery is about fixing the damage the bullet causes as it rips through muscle and vessel and organ and bone. The bullet can stay in the body just fine.
I knew this about him. I remember after the show I was really quiet. I took him up to his room. I was like, “Look, I know what you are doing. Promise me you will stop. Please believe me that I’m terrified. Please stop.” Bryan just said, “OK.” He said, “Look, I’m only doing this with friends, only with people that I know.”