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Watch this ordinary guy shovel mounds of bone-dry corn starch into his mouth. A combination of six step tutorial and gratuitous chestpounding, this video is a simple example of the cornstarch (or flour) bomb.

A large suspension of combustible flour or cornstarch when sufficiently oxygenated can cause an explosion. Simple like that.

Flour mills, or corn storage silos have always been high risk locations. Go visit any of these kinds of facilities and you will see the lengths they go to in order to prevent sparks.

(We have done this experiment. The instructions are true. Careful. Cornstarch in your lungs is horrible. There are two guys demonstrating: one demo is clean: the slo-mo video of the other looks less "clean" to my eye.Wonderhowto. Embracing the long tail of curiosity.

Breathe fire
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paul11000 1 year ago
so u drink the water so the cornstarch is out of ur lungs right?(sry 4 tarded question)
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casey321b 11 months ago
not its just to get the bad taste out of your mouth... well it might be for that too tho...
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DrTravia 3 months ago
corn starch wont get in your lungs unless youre stupid enough to breath it in, imagine a mouthful of dust, after doing this your mouth will be dry as hell not to mention the horrible taste
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Shaving Cream MAN! 1 year ago
I am smokey the bear and I approve this video!
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God 1 year ago
i am god and i too approve this video!
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EmpiricalWonder 1 year ago
drinking water goes to your stomach, it won't clear out your lungs. I'm confused though. In the beginning they're all like... cornstarch doesn't burn, but then they say use it for fire breathing?
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bird crick 11 months ago
it doesn't combust on its own. it adds particles to your exhale that do ignite. in short, it's only flammable when you blow it. not if it's sitting in a pile in your hand.
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anthonyj 9 months ago
not so much the particles in your mouth as much as each of the individual corn starch bits being surrounded by oxygen, allowing it to combust much more easily, by the way, everything on this earth combusts
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Wrench 6 months ago
I agree. It all has to do with the surface area to mass/volume ratio. The more surface area (like a fine powder, cornstarch or even flour) has much more surface are then it does volume so it is combustible.
Cool trick.
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Two-tone 1 year ago
Powerline man, Nice
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mushrumpiggy 1 year ago
no the water is to clean the starch from ur mouth
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samhalleck 1 year ago
lol it isnt flammable in a big clump, but when blown into the air its very flammable, so it cant come back into your mouth and scorch your tongue
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bird crick 11 months ago
it may be non-toxic, but get ANYTHING into your lungs and you are potentially in deep trouble. And because corn starch is such a fine powder it makes it even easier to get into your lungs with possible nasty effects - pneumonia, pleurisy
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wiccan817 4 months ago
thats why you dont inhale through your mouth, but try to breathe from your nose. duh
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tommygunkid 1 year ago
also warks with powdered coffee mate.
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Thaman 1 year ago
i am awesome and i approve this message
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4bucks 1 year ago
I am the Golden Rat and i totally,undeniably approve this message.
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Globalls1234 1 year ago
Burn baby burn
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mybad9000 11 months ago
i approve and wanna try this but wat is the water actually for
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bird crick 11 months ago
clean corn starch from your mouth
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mybad9000 11 months ago
would this work with other stuff like flower aswell
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bird crick 11 months ago
flour... no
corn flour yes.
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mybad9000 11 months ago
ok thanks ill try this soon so
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Inuyashanar 10 months ago
That's so cool!!
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GGPS90 9 months ago
Cool, I think Im gonna carry corn starch with me wherever I go. Ya better not mess with me!
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crazytacoman 9 months ago
Im a man in a taco suit and approves this> and smokey you better watch out make one wrong move
and i'll be there with my corn starch :D
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assnchipz 8 months ago
funk smokey i love fire
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fib3roptix 8 months ago
I wonder why altair doent just carry a big pouch of cornstarch instead of a hidden blade and crap?
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general809 8 months ago
SWEET
SWEET
and even more....
out of anything...
FRICK-IN' SWEET!
i dont got no corn starch tho :(
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XXXThesimsXXX 7 months ago
I'd hate to think what would happen if that went wrong
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LoafDaConvict 6 months ago
WWOOOOOOOOSSSHSHHSH!!!!!!!!!Loaf and his Fleas are going to chase da innocent people of town and breath FIAH!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
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ashishthomas 6 months ago
whoo! Just tried now and it fu**in works!!!
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blackmagic1937 6 months ago
you safer off doing real fire breathing with parrafin
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Rock4ever 6 months ago
Can the starch get into your lungs?
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Sid_1411 6 months ago
great vid..bathroom is not an open area hehe!!
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epic lol 5 months ago
im going to try that when i go to my family friends house
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killersson 5 months ago
I AM INSANE AND I TOO APPROVE THIS VIDEO!
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Senri 5 months ago
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG I SOOOOOO WANNA TRY THIS

*goes super hyper*

AHH!! I SET MYSELF ON FIRE!!!
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something88 5 months ago
im 80% sure the water is also partially in case something else catches fire
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killersson 5 months ago
I THINK ITS FOR CORSTARCH BECAUSE IT TASTES LIKE SH*T!
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comklene 5 months ago
cool trik i lov it
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xeither 5 months ago
Nice, but do you think flour would work too???
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majdibrahim 3 months ago
xeither
flour wont workbecause corn startch has a source of energy like in ethonal the new fuel they use cornstartch and alchool so the mix would be strongeralchool will make the mix strongerso dont use flourthank you:)
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TragediesUnltd 5 months ago
Pneumonia's not THAT bad. I had it once on CHRISTMAS sucks for me right. i guess that's for not being christian! but i am SO gonna try this.
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amywhottie151 3 months ago
what song reply
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mitchell zaborski 3 months ago
yuck eww that didnt work at all!!!!
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mitchell zaborski 3 months ago
and it made me look stupid
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mitchell zaborski 3 months ago
im just gona stick with fireballs for now on
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cooldude2324 2 months ago
Dude i dont know whats in your mind but its kinda cool!!
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PotatoAssassin 2 months ago
i think the water is for washing your mouth out
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