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  2. Water-reactive substances - Wikipedia

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    Water-reactive substances [1] are those that spontaneously undergo a chemical reaction with water, often noted as generating flammable gas. [2] Some are highly reducing in nature. [ 3 ] Notable examples include alkali metals , lithium through caesium , and alkaline earth metals , magnesium through barium .

  3. Silver fulminate - Wikipedia

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    Like many silver salts, it darkens with light exposure. It is slightly soluble in cold water and can be recrystallized using hot water. [3] [6] It can also be recrystallized from a 20% solution of ammonium acetate. [3] It is not hygroscopic and can explode when moist or under water; it was reported to remain explosive after 37 years under water ...

  4. Chemical toilet - Wikipedia

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    A chemical toilet collects human excreta in a holding tank and uses chemicals to minimize odors. They do not require a connection to a water supply and are used in a variety of situations. These toilets are usually, but not always, self-contained and movable. A chemical toilet is structured around a relatively small tank, which requires ...

  5. How to prevent norovirus - AOL

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    The best way to prevent catching the illness is to thoroughly wash your hands using soap and hot water for 20 seconds before eating or preparing food and after interacting with someone who may be ...

  6. List of MythBusters episodes - Wikipedia

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    Can a water heater explode like a rocket and shoot through the roof of a house? If a person is being dragged by a horse, can the friction caused by the movement make the jeans catch on fire? Can shrinking jeans by wearing them in a hot bath kill someone?

  7. Victims sue over too-hot hash browns, slippery toilet floors ...

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    You'd likely complain if you were served cold coffee at a drive-through. But in 1994 Stella Liebeck sued McDonald's because she suffered burns when she spilled her hot joe on her lap while pulling ...

  8. People are reporting that their watermelons are exploding ...

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    “A watermelon is basically sugar water and if kept at room temperature, the fruit will respire and use oxygen and the internal sugars to ‘breathe.’ So a warm fruit will lose sugar more ...

  9. Toilet-related injuries and deaths - Wikipedia

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    The danger of spiders living beneath toilet seats is the subject of Slim Newton's comic 1972 country song "The Redback on the Toilet Seat". It has been reported that in some cases rats crawl up through toilet sewer pipes and emerge in the toilet bowl, so that toilet users may be at risk of having a rat bite their buttocks. [9]