The following is an article from The Annals of Imp...  ...icle from The Annals of Improbable Research.Gutsy Explosions in the Northern Hemispherecompiled by A.S. Kaswel...  ...e to some unfortunate, and probably embarrassing, explosions of a particular type.Boom (Italy, 1952)“Unu...  ...52)“Unusual C...

Ah, the good old days, when one could round up some oil of vitriol, powdered glass, orpiment, mercury, saltpeter, fulminating silver, and sulphur out of the cupboards and have a grand old time! The book Endless Amusement...

Firefighters in Calgary, Alberta, responded to a c...  ...berta, responded to a call about a possible house explosion Tuesday. A driver passing through the area phoned...  ...ts to enter the home. There was no evidence of an explosion . It turns out that the yard always looks like tha...

If you didn't get your fill of pyrotechics last ni...  ...d all night here), Wired has stories on 11 famous explosions in history for you. Some are tongue-in-cheek, but...

[http://youtu.be/I515SEYGbIw] Forget speedi...  ...ty boxes at the heart of the problem say that the explosions should be placed in context. There are over 100,0...  ...under London's streets and with just a handful of explosions reported these represent 'relatively few cases wh...  ...tube clip above, ta...

Ammonium nitrate is a volatile compound, but very...  ...a stockpile of ammonium nitrate and the resulting explosion killed 14 people and sent over a hundred to hospi...  ...ple died. Rutherford survived.But that's just one explosion . There are plenty of other disasters caused by am...

We've featured a lot of neat photography on Neatorama, but looking back in the archives, these images are usually of artwork, animals, and landscapes. But who says that great photography has to be just that? Why not grea...

Two unnamed brothers in Wichita, Kansas, won $75,0...  ...e victim was wearing a lottery T-shirt during the explosion .The injured brother was taken to a hospital where...  ...ice arrested the other brother at the site of the explosion

[http://youtu.be/ZAqYZ433TeQ] It has been a w...  ...It has been a while since I have seen a real explosion , not caused by some special effects company, and...  ...feel like maybe the guys in Hollywood are playing explosions down a little bit. The explosion was at a...

A truck transporting milk and cream on the A75 in Galloway, Scotland, caused chaos Tuesday morning when the cargo began to explode. Other drivers saw that the truck was on fire! Motorists tried to alert the driver Phil...