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  2. Hydrophobic sand - Wikipedia

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    Hydrophobic sand (or magic sand) is a toy made from sand coated with a hydrophobic compound. The presence of the hydrophobic compound causes the grains of sand to adhere to one another and form cylinders (to minimize surface area) when exposed to water, and form a pocket of air around the sand. [1] The pocket of air makes magic sand unable to ...

  3. Stampy - Wikipedia

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    Stampy's Lovely Book was followed by a sticker book titled Stampy Cat: Stick with Stampy! and released on 28 July 2016. [29] In 2018, Garrett broke a Guinness World Record for the fastest time to make and display ten cakes in Minecraft, which he did in three minutes and 51 seconds. [30]

  4. Feather stick - Wikipedia

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    A feather stick (sometimes referred to as a fuzz stick) is a length of wood which has been shaved to produce a cluster of thin curls protruding from the wood. It allows damp wood to be used to start a fire when dry tinder is hard to find.

  5. Sand casting - Wikipedia

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    The sand that is in contact with the casting is called facing sand, and is designed for the casting on hand. This sand will be built up around the pattern to a thickness of 30 to 100 mm (1.2 to 3.9 in). The sand that fills in around the facing sand is called backing sand. This sand is simply silica sand with only a small amount of binder and no ...

  6. Bang snaps - Wikipedia

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    Bang snaps consist of a small amount of gravel or coarse sand impregnated with a minute quantity (~0.2 milligrams) [2] of silver fulminate high explosive and twisted in a cigarette paper to produce a shape resembling a cherry.

  7. Weepul - Wikipedia

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    Blundell figured the little-people stick-on would only be a flash in the pan, “but it just got a life to it, and it still isn’t ready to die.” [1] [2] In the Netherlands the weepul was introduced as a marketing tool in the 1980s by the name of wuppie .

  8. Pretzel - Wikipedia

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    A local story says that the recipe came from a grateful Napoleonic soldier in 1795, whose wounds were treated by a baker's family in the little town of Burg. [24] The cultural importance of the pretzel for Burg is expressed by a monument in honour of the pretzel bakers, and by an 18 km hiking trail nearby called "Pretzel Hiking Trail". [25]

  9. Breadstick - Wikipedia

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    Another recipe for breadsticks, called rosquilletas, exists in the Valencian Community. [ 11 ] Unbaked home-made grissini on a baking tray , seasoned with herbs