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Modern blocks of C4 explosive come with the warning “poisonous if eaten” on the packaging (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Now I wonder what it tastes like... I bet it's like a flavor explosion.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

not good. somebody actually tried and lived to tell the tale:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Russian_apartment_bombings#Ryazan_incident

Pinyaev guarded a storehouse with weapons and ammunition near the city of Ryazan. Together with a friend, he entered the storehouse to see the weapons. The friends were surprised to see that the storehouse contained sacks with the word "sugar" on them. Pinyaev and his friend were discouraged, but didn't want to leave the storehouse empty-handed. The two paratroopers cut a hole in one of the bags and put some sugar in a plastic bag. They made tea with the sugar, but the taste of the tea was terrible. They became frightened because the substance might turn out to be saltpeter, and brought the plastic bag to a platoon commander. He consulted a sapper, who identified the substance as hexogen

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

that's a mean looking molecule a lot like TNT but with more nitrogen

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago

no, it's sugar, can't you see, it's clearly labeled on the bag

[–] brianorca@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Looks very very unhappy.

[–] rjc@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Dad?