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I used to love the science television shows where the presenter would warn the audience not to try the experiment at home. That extra element of danger made the scientific explanation all the more interesting. Science lessons at school uniformly omitted the dangerous experiments and all that remained were the standard, tired, almost boring experiments.

Still, as much as I would have loved my teachers to perform the experiment above, I certainly wouldn’t have volunteered my services for the demonstration.

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