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We actually learned how to do this when our chemistry teacher plunged a pea-sized piece of sodium in a two gallon beaker to demonstrate how it generated hydrogen gas. When it ignited, the shock wave cracked the bottom of the beaker and water started to seep out. That's how we determined how to size our chunk.
For those not in the know as would an age 75 dino be, the fuses of both bombs continued to burn underwater.
I used to like throwing either one into a lake I spent summers at just to watch geysers spurt up from a boom that was still quite loud kinda like miniature depth charges.
Those bombs were eventually outlawed because they could blow your fingers off.
That meme about eating jalapenos breaking a toilet brought back a memory.
Over 15 years ago I was at an Alabama home football game mini-tailgate party with my brother and my youngest son where I was take a bite out of a jalapeno while while doing as much with each bite of fried chicken.
When I reached the tail portion of a large jalapeno, I tossed it in university campus grass. I noticed ants eating that jalapeno tail and told my son and brother.
It was a kinda like a "Gee, I never woulda thought ants like jalapenos" moment.
Shortly thereafter I had to point out that those same ants were dead. Guess their stomachs aren't as strong as their taste buds.