Watch what happens when you light 60,000 matches simultaneously

Ever wondered what it looks like to set a gas-filled camper on fire? Or drop a piggy bank on the running blades of an upside-down lawnmower? Or light 60,000 matches all at once? Wonder no more.

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Bubbles popping at 18,000 fps is every bit as mesmerizing as it sounds

This is the slowest video YouTube's "Slow-Mo Guys" have ever done. That, in and of itself, is saying something. That it happens to be a video of bubbles popping just turns the whole viewing experience up to 11. Don't get us wrong, bursting bubbles has always been fun — but doing it turned down thousands of times…

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One of history's most violent explosions may have been caused by trees

In the early morning hours of December 11, 2005, Europe experienced its biggest peacetime explosion ever. The vapor from almost 200 tons of petrol at a fuel storage depot in Buncefield, UK had ignited, obliterating the facility in a colossal combustion reaction that defied reason.

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