• BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
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      7 hours ago

      I seem to recall from my childhood, back when kids made stuff go boom and nobody was afraid of terrorism yet, that sulphuric acid can be used to make nitroglycerine.

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          4 hours ago

          I can’t recall whether we had ntric acid, but we definitely had hydrochloric acid and glycerine. I guess a recipe is a nice touch too… We had it all. Don’t anymore, am responsibly adulting now. But I can tell you that sulfuric acid makes an orange cloud when poured on chicken shit, and that your mom isn’t pleased when said cloud moves through the drying laundry. Still, far from the craziest thing I did before puberty.