Epazote: a herb with explosives?

[@Mp57navy]

"Imagine making a plant illegal, that's just stupid" -Explosions and Fire, 2420

[@catonchronic5354]

there's three species of plants in australia that are illegal :( and that plant should be the fourth for not being more explosive

[@Mp57navy]

@@catonchronic5354 Let me guess. Cannabis (all subspecies), Coca plant and Peyote?

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

WHAT'S NEXT, GONNA BAN ALL THE DMT TREES ?? IS nothing sacred?

[@nishanthpatil4531]

@@ExplosionsAndFire is there a state in Australia thats more liberal/progressive that would allow hallucinogenic to be used for fherapy?

[@Oosh21]

@@nishanthpatil4531 The ACT maybe.

[@theprogrammer32]

petition: Don't reset the Bad at Words counter every episode, let that baby just keep counting up until the end of time.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

oh no

[@thecube5861]

@@ExplosionsAndFire *OH YES*

[@sixstringedthing]

Looking for the Donate button to make this happen

[@Lone_Watcher]

Every video where he uses Toluene that number is gonna skyrocket

[@j3nnytool]

Retroactive?

[@hank_911]

When the police show up just tell them the 5 kilos of peroxides are unintentional peroxides and you'll get off scot-free

[@kaball6545]

No Officer, I dont know how I got this. I LEGALLY bought Trichloromethane and now its haunted..its something else now..., Its causing my pets to die suddenly and the ghost seems to be antismoking because when I light up it tastes revolting. He talks to me...says his name is Phos G Ene.

[@alexander21812]

@@kaball6545 I laughed too hard at this

[@kaball6545]

@@alexander21812 yee yee thnx

[@BAGG8BAGG]

5 kilos of peroxides and a bunch of lolis, this guy is in real trouble :p

[@lamprohonx4581]

@@BAGG8BAGG ayyye

[@ArayaRetta]

Fun fact: In Mexico, Epazote is commonly used as a season for cooked black beans. So if you think about it, it creates explosions, just not the way you expected.

[@jamiecurran3544]

Lol!😂👍

[@comancherocha7013]

True that my mother used to do put that in the beans

[@furrycircuitry2378]

Epazote tastes horrible 🤢 no thanks

[@2022matmartinezaranaluisdaniel]

Menos burros más olotes 😋

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@furrycircuitry2378 Epazote should be dried and added as a garnish, or cooked with fat for the best flavor. Otherwise I agree it tastes horrible any other way; the beans lied to me.

[@chuxmix65]

The paper you cited from "the olden times" mentioned that they started with thirty kilos of seed. Those pathetic dried stalks might have been your best source for the oils you wanted. I think you deserve the win.

[@LauriLevola]

”Only one thing left to do with it” - I was 95% you’d smoke it

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

you know i originally had a smoking/joint joke in there, but i couldn't make it work because I don't smoke at all so I didn't have any rolling paper or whatever and didn't feel up to buying it from somewhere... so the joke didn't work oops

[@charlesstewart9246]

@@ExplosionsAndFire you keep telling yourself that you "don't know how to " bull😏if you tell everyone enough times,maybe we'll believe you 🤔eh😏😇

[@thomasmcelroy5785]

​@@ExplosionsAndFire Of course you don't smoke: you bake or use a Volcano cause everything must be an extraction and simple slow combustion is too boring

[@dara0013]

@@ExplosionsAndFire My friend, you have a lot of glassware, that's a fancy term for bong.

[@2010RSHACKS]

@@dara0013 He must do extractions and vape the oil. No smoking ;)

[@Graphene_314]

"were just left with horrible green sludge" at least it isnt yellow

[@smergthedargon8974]

but green is half blue, half *_YELLOW_*

[@bobafruti]

Very nearly yellow.

[@reinatr4848]

@@smergthedargon8974 R-*G*-B

[@vertoxico8943]

@@reinatr4848ah yes, red green blue! The ultimate primary colors!

[@freddiebishop9622]

@@vertoxico8943 Green is my absolute favourite primary colour. I always hard to chose between Red, Green and Blue which are totally all primary colours 😊

[@gianlucatartaro1335]

The fact that Ascaridole looks like a disinterested scientist pairs perfectly with the whole explosive vibe.

[@MrTangent]

While not explosive in nature, this plant reminded me of the bombardier beetle, which produces its own hydrogen peroxide mixture to repel enemies. Perhaps you could do an episode on them?

[@aperturescienceguy2737]

Explode the bugs

[@randalloshbough908]

Thats awesome Inever knew that ty for info

[@wolfgangkranek376]

Dictamnus albus, also known as burning bush.

[@iReima]

@@aperturescienceguy2737 On the rusty axe blade

[@araragikoyomi99]

That was my first thought as well.

[@evanholt1752]

9:38 I can't believe you broke his glasses! Poor little guy

[@AnotherDayattheDock]

“All of my benzene evaporated oh no” 😐leukemia time

[@athmaid]

A few sniffs in between chemo sessions keeps the spirit up

[@bored588]

sometimes its not about the ending of your life, its about how you get there. better to live and do what you want then to die with regrets of not doing what you wanted.

[@MrBadWithNames]

@@bored588 I'm with you on this one, buddy

[@oliverhorgs2298]

@@bored588 to quote my favorite mechanic boy ever William ozman. "my will to do science is significantly greater then my will to live"

[@gakulon]

​@@bored588what if what i want to do is not get cancer

[@dionvanstrydonck8552]

Explosions & Fire still on course to slowly becoming a cooking channel!

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

I'll put cooking in every video? Can we toast a cheese sandwich under a rocket engine?

[@californium-2526]

@@ExplosionsAndFire Indeed you can!

[@Crazy___Ginger]

@@ExplosionsAndFire with some octoanitrocubane sprinkled on top?

[@dionvanstrydonck8552]

@@ExplosionsAndFire Deal.

[@mamaymay8259]

@@ExplosionsAndFire can we substitute baking soda for explosives? Fluffy result guaranteed.

[@colewalshaw158]

everyday is a good day, when this channel uploads.

[@sharpy9873]

God I love this channel, unfortunate we can’t get a plant to make explosives for us though

[@SomeSortaPro]

I’m just here to express my utter infatuation with this guy, today is a good day.

[@s.v.berezin1562]

Truer words never were uttered.

[@harrisonfnord5871]

@@sharpy9873 Not yet. Let me just say: CRISPR Cas 9

[@BillieRuben]

Fuck yea

[@julioan94]

Suggestion: to use some of that epazote, you can try cooking it with mushrooms or in a mushroom soup. In Mexico, (my familiy at least) use it to prepare "huitlacoche" which is a black fungus that grows in the corn and it gives a very distinct and tasty flavor

[@delta-KaeBee]

HUITLACOCHE! that stuff def looks like u shouldnt eat it, if u didnt know any better, lol.

[@elcidleon6500]

​@@delta-KaeBee- I heard that you can cook wheat ergots to make psychedelic acids, just saying...

[@uncle_thulhu]

​@@elcidleon6500...Mate, I'm all for chemical "experimentation", but ergot? Can you say "bad trip"? Like, Woodstock-Brown-Acid bad? At least 50% of historical outbreaks of "mass hysteria" were caused by egotism.🤢😱

[@tinkertheprol]

​@@uncle_thulhuLSD is literally made form ergot. 😉

[@VSO_Gun_Channel]

You are my spirit animal

[@an_annoying_cat]

i think youre supposed to ease into relationships rather than being so forward

[@clannishkobra8965]

Lmao spot on 🤣🤣

[@PostPatriot1978]

You people are fucking idiots. Get a serious education.

[@SadexTV]

@@an_annoying_cat i believe he’s going for the “brute force method”

[@vincedibona4687]

No, he’s his own human being.

[@jacobgreengas7121]

"I was doing so well at extracting essential oils that I was ready to start messaging my high school friends and fellow military moms about this wonderful opportunity that I've discovered" LMAO!

[@belacickekl7579]

One of my favorite "in the pipeline" blog posts described an alternate method of testing for peroxide crystals in ether: holding the can up to your ear and shaking it. I've heard that this is generally frowned upon, though

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

oof ow

[@belacickekl7579]

@@ExplosionsAndFire There's also this wonderful story, along the same lines: blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/02/16/how-not-to-do-it-tatp

[@sixstringedthing]

I wonder how many other people followed my path to discovering Tom's channels? Aeronautics -> space -> rocketry -> rocket fuels -> John D. Clark -> Derek Lowe -> energetic chemistry -> Ex&F

[@belacickekl7579]

@@sixstringedthing I actually went Aerospace-> XKXD->Derek Lowe->Ignition! ->Energetics->E&X (roughly, it was somewhat nonlinear)

[@sixstringedthing]

@@belacickekl7579 nonlinear is always the best way to get anywhere worth going my friend. XKCD is in my mix too, and aeronautics/space could probably also be summed as "aerospace", I knew of Sputnik and the Voyager missions by age 10. 🙂 "Belac" is "Caleb" reversed. Croatian? Serbian? Slovenian?

[@lepeepersauvage]

When you can't make a bomb out of something, it's because you didn't experiment enough

[@benny1330]

Right, i swear if you experiment enough possibly some of the solvent peroxides will make it explosive

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@Benny you raise a good point actually. I did hear reports of people getting a more explosive product out, but they used ether as the extraction solvent.... like if you're using ether to extract a peroxide, you shouldn't be surprised if it all blows up

[@lepeepersauvage]

@@ExplosionsAndFire you know what that means? We need a sequel, we need you to make it even moar explosive

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

i'm going to be making a video on these godforsaken plants every year for the rest of my life i can feel it

[@JamesGarcia101]

@@ExplosionsAndFire lol this is what you signed up for

[@jordananderson1594]

I was actually really impressed how volatile and reactive that oil was. I would imagine that made things interesting for the guy extracting 500 kg or whatever it was of that stuff!

[@BrandenMcKinney]

"Do we need to consult the big bag of MSG yet?" Glad I'm not the only person with a big bag of crystalline flavor laying around

[@munitiondragon69]

"We're hardly throwing the baby out with the bong water here" 7:18 amazing quote.

[@AA-gl1dr]

this

[@Maharani1991]

HARDLY THROWING THE BABY OUT WITH THE BONG WATER

[@uncle_thulhu]

I'm using it as soon as I get the chance.

[@fireandcopper]

From explosives or medicine, poison or food, stimulants or downers, even beans! What can't plants do?!? Live without water.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

You gotta let a few plants die just to show them that you're still in charge

[@evanholt1752]

“Life needs things to live” Percival Fredrickstein Von Musel Kolowski DeRolo III

[@theSILKROAD210]

@@evanholt1752 yes yes yes I see you there little critter!

[@nishanthpatil4531]

Whats the chemistry behind jumping beans?

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@@nishanthpatil4531 beans??? sounds like more plant nonsense

[@benjaminoverlie8829]

"Imagine making a plant illegal, that's just stupid" As someone who's been a botany nut their whole life, CITES. all of them. all the plants are illegal. if that plant doesn't naturally occur in your country and you want it and you pay someone who grew that plant in a greenhouse outside of your country thats illegal. Phragmipedium kovachii. plant wasn't even known to science, was exported so a botanical description could be done, the legal nonsense that went down? ridiculous.

[@JackPorter]

@@marcusjackson5837 sir, that beetle is not a plant. I checked

[@Lunarr_Eclipse]

Ah, CITES and REDD two names of my existence during geography

[@jackismname]

And the obvious poppy, hemp and coca plants...

[@SmokeyEdits]

@Thomas Pickens Seriously. I can't speak for Australia or elsewhere in the world, but here in America, there are flowers and berries that grow wild that could kill a person. Weed though? It's over for you, pal. Hell, the house I grew up in had poppy flowers outside. I never knew a damn thing about them, aside from smashing the bulbs being fun. Pretty flowers, though.

[@SmokeyEdits]

@@lugoorstar What?

[@daniel-bg5nq]

Started watching your vids a little while ago. After watching a heap I realised I used to watch your original channel many years ago. Despite my expectations at the time, you ARE actually still alive! Fantastic to see how your passion has grown from the early days, and that you're moving on to make a career out of it!!

[@JoseMontero-sm5pg]

Mexican here. Last year a video went viral about a traditional green sauce that when served and mixed with a spoon had little explosions and even let out smoke. I'm not sure if this sauce in specific had epazote (since most i know don't have) but it could be interesting to find out why the ingredients reacted like that. Very cool video.

[@marcel1372]

i wonder about that video...

[@supernoodles908]

6:00 looks young and fresh 6:04 "so I started cooking meth"

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠

[@supernoodles908]

@@ExplosionsAndFire love you

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@@supernoodles908 i can't have been doing meth though because my teeth actually get better over the years haha

[@Acidlib]

8:31 then he dipped in to his supply

[@durchbruchmuller8137]

Oh yes moderately sized bag of MSG - tell me about your wisdom

[@Maharani1991]

:D

[@Patrick-857]

MSG isn't bad really

[@n111254789]

Out of all of the things he handles in this and has sitting around and msg is your concern.

[@theSILKROAD210]

"throwing the baby out with the bong-water." some what specific for some one who never took drugs or anything. :D

[@Lvl18Meep]

If you ever meet somebody who is very interested In chemistry, more specifically organic chemistry, I'd say there is a high chance some interesting alkaloids were the catalyst for their hobby :)

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

i removed a joke from this video about rolling joints because i didn't even know where to buy rolling paper from let alone roll one. got nothing against drugs but it's not something i'm involved in at all

[@chickenmonger123]

@@ExplosionsAndFire Wherever they sell smokes. The paper is used for tobacco too.

[@VeraTR909]

@@ExplosionsAndFire Hey, you can tell us, it's the internet, noone will know.

[@BillieRuben]

He's a chemist. How many chemists do you know who HAVEN'T done drugs? 🤣🤣

[@Aaron48219]

The "Will It Blend" guy at 7:35 😆😆😆

[@uncle_thulhu]

Mate, don't joke - I've seen those things win against a red-hot nickel ball!😂

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

Don't ya just love Mother Nature. Everything you need to go on a mad trip, get high, blow something up and have a nice cigar with a cup of tea when you're done.

[@pavelkryl457]

"There is only one thing left to do." Why did I instantly think of nitrating it?

[@milesmccollough5507]

if at first you don’t succeed, throw nitrogen in until you do.

[@Eont]

My complete lack of chemistry knowledge does not hinder my ability to enjoy this content.

[@TenTries]

Is it just me or does the Ascaridole molecular diagram look like a serious scientist with an arrow through his head? 1:04

[@GodlikeIridium]

Yeah me too xD The C6 ring is the head, the peroxide bridge the goggles and the methyl on one with the isopropyl group on the other side makes the arrow :D

[@asagoldsmith3328]

The uh... The arrowhead is kinda on backwards though. That or the arrow has fletching but no arrowhead.

[@TenTries]

@@asagoldsmith3328 suppose I was imagining more of a practice arrow. The heads on those aren't very prominent

[@abeestosruinsageneration3725]

Looks likes hes waving to me.

[@marlajones3094]

its a ninja turtle

[@TimothyReeves]

Chef John told me to put epazote in my refried pinto beans so I went to a little Mexican grocery and got about half an ounce. It's supposed to help prevent intestinal gas and it's a traditional herb and it tasted interesting.

[@trashcompactorYT]

I love how the music gets faster every video. It really helps you feel the chaos going on in E&F's brain

[@TheOrganicartist]

9:58 "This one's protected." \o/ Guard Spider

[@ElementalMaker]

If there's one thing I've learned from E&F it's that YELLOW IS BAD

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

yellow rubies when

[@ElementalMaker]

@@ExplosionsAndFire blue first! Gotta try for sapphires

[@MyHandleIsGood]

How does this comment not have more likes? I love it when a KZbinr I'm subscribed to comments on a video of another KZbinr that I'm subscribed to.

[@ThatGuyNikolas]

That and the 60's

[@jacobpickell878]

i’m a chem major and your channel has always fascinated me and inspired a lot of my intense study sessions as a kind of goal. now as i’m progressing i’m starting to understand more and your videos are even more fun for me. i hope your academic career is progressing smoothly and thanks for what you do

[@H3nry2077]

An interesting and funny channel. Those are rare. Love your content mate. (First watched you yesterday)

[@MrGuypi]

That tidbit about the natural peroxide formation is good to know. In all my time working at university laboratories the lab directors never brought it up, despite how commonly used diethyl ether is.

[@buffewo6386]

Epazote is normally used to prevent explosions. (As an anti-flatulant) It also adds a flavor to beans that tastes like home.

[@DEADPOOL-ti4cs]

0:53 it's starting at you.

[@SuggestiveEclipse]

O-O ⠀-

[@janittermann3491]

Thank you for doing this kind of stuff, you are living the dream. Love your work and your great humour. Also awesome editing skills, every episode is a little better than the last one. Keep doing it as long as you enjoy it Greetings from Germany

[@atmac2162]

Most people when they are talking about growing something illegal are talking about weed. When this man is talking about growing something illegal, he is talking about explosives. And I love it.

[@todanceonbrokenglass]

Combining my interest of chemistry and your editing I can't help but smile watching this man.

[@chrisvillarreal6855]

Yellow = close enough

[@MyHandleIsGood]

Yellow smells bad

[@Everybodysucks919]

Yellow = fuck that shit m8

[@fraser9580]

*Fucken Yellow*

[@name2589]

Have to say dude, not only do your videos continue to be entertaining and full of interesting science, your editing and production skills are super on point which really brings out your humour. Cracking work

[@seanc6128]

Thank you, I now have a better understanding of what the message from the Australian government meant when they described something as a "munted shit show".

[@Thefenestrador]

Ascaridole is also found on Mastruz (Dysphania ambrosioides) and Boldo (Peumus Boldo), commonly found in Brazil. Also, artemisinin, one of the first line treatments for malaria, also occurs naturally and has a peroxide bond (which actually is part of the mechanism of action of the drug)

[@davidh8367]

In the past, I’ve saturated aqueous solutions with NaCl to push out the nonpolars. Usually really helps with separations. Another method I’ve used with essential oil isolation involves extraction into boiling alcohol, prior to filtering and dumping into water before doing steam distillation. Sometimes you get undesirables coming over with the alcohol vapor, but you can either toss out the heads or leave it for a day under vacuum to pull the alcohol out before distilling.

[@themarsquatch420]

“Imagine making a plant illegal, that’s just stupid.” The US with Marijuana: *Sweating*

[@alextaunton3099]

It's changing. It's legal in many states for recreational use (don't have the exact number off the top of my head) and it's legal for medicinal use in over half the states

[@Adenzel]

Better in the US with Marijuana than New Zealand atm 😭

[@connorhill8889]

Dude weeeeed bro weeeeeed

[@tf3confirmedbuthv54]

Therapist: Faster intro isn’t real and faster intro can’t hurt you. Faster intro: 0:00

[@y8fpe]

"imagine making a plant illegal" 😳

[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

Big oof

[@spiderdude2099]

@Oyveyowitz Shekelstein Nostrilberg that is the joke...yes.

[@Blei1986]

@Oyveyowitz Shekelstein Nostrilberg t-that's the joke (or shrooms, cactuses etc)

[@charlesstewart9246]

@@Blei1986 shrooms aren't illegal in Britain,you can pick them and eat them straight away,its illegal to PROCESS them,ie dry,store,make 'tea' or foodstuffs . Go for a walk and get your shroom eyes on,if your quick you'll get the last of them for this year, no frosts yet.

[@Pow3llMorgan]

@@charlesstewart9246 Also, shrooms are fungi and not plants :) On a less silly note: Hogweed is actually illegal and _outlawed_ where I live. This means you are required by law to destroy it and you can do it by means that are not allowed for other plants, such as with Roundup.

[@alexdavis665]

Hey, welcome back to Binging With Babish and today we're recreating the Epazote Quesadilla from Explosions&Fire

[@vincedibona4687]

“Binging with Babish” - 🙄 What an overrated, egotistical blowhard that guy is.

[@TheFinalMB]

That plate right at the end, that brings back memories of my breakfast this morning (not the food, just the plate)

[@thorfinnroar8672]

the molecule looks like it took 5 AP classes and is judging the fact that I only have 2 A's when he has 10.

[@janronschke7525]

Would have never thaught that there will be another video on that project tbh, nice!

[@P4brotagonist]

Placing the whole bag on the spice rack nearly killed me

[@Dawsen121]

1:20 "Can you make the plant illegal? Haha no you can't, imagine making a plant illegal, that's stupid." Cannabis: *Cries lonely in its corner in germany*

[@tukhanh2812]

1:47 Steve & Gomez Missed the opportunity to name the 2nd pair Hank & Schrader.

[@Pierrot110194]

Just a quick tip for your dioxane problem and future ether storage: (I'm not sure why you didn't do this before, but mistakes happen) Store your ethers in brown bottles (if possible) and over NaOH or KOH. The hydroxides will precipitate the hydroperoxides and you can just distill the ether off using Na and benzophenone (if you need it to be very pure). Usually, I'd just use the ether staright out of the bottle, never had an issue this way (at least for extractions; not for reactions).

[@ChemicalForce]

🌿 Green chemistry good 😌

[@brendanchetty2689]

Finally a method that I can use in my everyday life

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

just another useful life pro tip from me, u are welcome

[@declan8577]

I love how you are aware of all the dangers and are still so nonchalant about chemistry

[@treysimmons8022]

5:08 brooooo I don't know why but it blew my mind when I found out you have the same scale I have but I don't use it for science

[@matthijswimmenhove4069]

I can imagine him browsing the internet for hours looking for more explosive compounds from the 1920's to try and make. Keep it up!

[@Seagull780]

As a biology student who has tried to keep plants I am all too familiar with suicidal plants suddenly dying after not watering them for months, sadly science has not yet found a way to keep them from doing this to themselves

[@ExplosivesLaboratory]

bruh you should’ve at least tried it mixed with some common oxidizers, knowing that the O.B. (oxygen ballance) for Ascaridole is shit even for an organoperoxide

[@benny1330]

Yeah, like TATP. That would make it "burn"

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

I mean yeah I guess.... but like i've said, you can make even an almond look good with enough KNO3, doesn't mean the almond is a good energetic material

[@SamMcFrost]

@@ExplosionsAndFire Lol that’s true, but I’m sure it would’ve been neat to see how the substance’s energetic potential improves with a better oxygen balance…

[@ExplosivesLaboratory]

@@SamMcFrost *›* My thoughts exactly.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

yeah i mean the oxygen balance is obviously real trash

[@jag0937eb]

I love your videos, please do more whenever you can, big thx for uploads.

[@robertstankowski8897]

First few minutes cheered me up a bit. I needed it, thank you

[@jogandsp]

That ending was so wholesome. Mad scientist by day, killer cook and family man by night

[@Astoria_Varanus]

“There are no explosives in nature” *glances at bombardier beetle* Don’t they have glands which produce explosives?

[@stevez2158]

They have glands which produce 2 separate chemicals which explode when mixed. They’re not explosives on their own.

[@upupina90]

Well I'm pretty sure when a thunderbolt hits something it explodes, so...

[@nicholasricer9687]

Also ya know... the sun.

[@sixstringedthing]

There's probably a Taco Bell joke in here somewhere, but I think we'd all be fine if I don't bother.

[@pacman10182]

@@stevez2158 natures tannerite

[@ffffff52]

AS Mexican... I never expected Epazote to be useful for something besides adding something green to the food lol

[@notamouse5630]

Ascaridole is also a deworming drug. Probably a good thing to have in one's diet in times before modern medicine.

[@dragonxdvzz]

It actually adds good flavor to a lot of dishes like quesadillas, esquites, caldo.

[@b33thr33kay]

The ending is so wholesome. I love it.

[@kurtownsj00]

Best chemistry channel on youtube, for chemists and regular mechanic dudes like me. ps- intros always the best part

[@AsymptoteInverse]

I work with a guy who's originally from Mexico. He grew some epazote at work. The smell is pretty shocking. It's almost a cross between some sort of minty/wintergreeny plant and cilantro. And sadly, his plants have yet to explode and/or be arrested.

[@AsymptoteInverse]

And gasoline. Also gasoline.

This plant is actually a super super super common weed, at least it is here in Philadelphia. I can literally walk around my block and count like five or six of these plants growing along the sidewalk. I also think it tastes horrible tbh and that turpentine-y taste is so hard to get out of your mouth lol Also, those fumes are "poisonous and potentially carcinogenic"... just a heads up

[@moonasha]

broooo put your plants in bigger pots and fertilize them!

[@sneakythumbs9900]

Coming back to this video years later. The composition is so good, like the initial attempt at growing comes back clutch with the 'successful' extraction, but the bulk of the methodology is developed on this fuckton of mail-order dried spice and the final scene with it displacing all the spices on the microwave ties it all together.

[@Ma_X64]

I've made about 500 grams of TATP once right on my kitchen. It's actually not that scary because when it will do what it can do you probably will not even realize what happened. :D It's not that sensitive but with some conditions: 1) you don't melt it, 2) you don't make big crystalls of it 3) you don't contamine it with a sand or some mineral particles (it's actually most terrible thing you can do). Sand increases blow-sensitivity of most explosives dramatically.

[@michaeledmunds7266]

Other plants: "Watch out! We can be toxic if ingested!" Epazote: "That's cute."

[@gresmaster2279]

R u a furry

[@LongPeter]

“I ate too many lollies while munted.” 😂😂😂

[@wolfganggluck6199]

3:54 every PhD student after their first year

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

me

[@autisticsoda3256]

Hey Mr. Explosions&Fire I really really really like your videos, thank you

[@Peter-iq9yy]

'We're hardly throwing the baby out with the bong water here', words to live by

[@kiiometric]

6:14 ᵇᵉⁿᶻᵉᵉᵉᵉⁿᵉ

[@anjalpaudel8713]

You know, recently I have been watching the Thought Emporium channel. He does some pretty crazy GMO and tests it out. I wonder if its possible to genetically code a plant (Lets say corn) to make explosive compounds or the direct precursor to those compounds. A really expensive thing to do but damn, imagine having explosive corn kernels. Popcorns turn into bangcorns or someting

[@abstractmuffin7129]

7:28 theres nothin more australian suburbia then having that coffe grinder, and lemme tell u, he's not usin it for coffe (u can see dusties around the inner rim)

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Lol I wish, I'm a good boy

[@snowdaysrule]

A few years back we had a chemical manufacturing facility in Texas that was hit by a hurricane resulting in several explosions around the site. The incident was memorable because the plant produced organic peroxides which had to be stored at low temperatures and the explosions resulted from the hurricane knocking out the refrigeration units for the peroxide storage resulting in the liquid contents warming up and self detonating.

[@dmxand3_2]

I've heard of a certain tree, with fruits that blast open on impact like a shrapnel grenade. No explosive powder inide it though though it still gives a pretty good blast.

[@kale991]

Wait it's actually drawn like that? I though you just gave it glasses and a mouth for fun

[@thomasolson7447]

Don't all plants make peroxide when they don't have enough water?

[@spooky4124]

10:44 [nut]-[nut]-[nut]-[nut]-[nut]-[nut]

[@zacharyvowles6513]

Fascinating stuff mate, glad you continue doing this.

[@regal-27]

Maybe its just 2am talking, but I was cackling the entire video. Informative and entertaining, praise the algorithm for bringing me here I suppose.

[@LavenderSystem69]

>"This one's protected" More like held hostage, all things considered...

[@kinggeocat]

“Explosions are a completely man-made invention” Me, a man of science: “super Nova.”

[@hell_march6652]

What about solar flare and mass coronal ejections? Also lets not forget volcano's.

[@zakkuthedreamer4138]

Antimatter flammable gasses radioactive materials volatile elements etc

[@brandonveltri2825]

Also pulsars, gamma ray bursts…

[@kylebowles9820]

Aw man I thought you'd be good at gardening, plants are just living chemical reactions imo.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Yeah lol, I guess you never know how bad you can be until you try it

[@akiraakiraakiraakira]

to be precise, every form of life is "just" chemical reactions, me and you included

[@ryanedison5709]

Ah yeah man! Thank for that sweet sweet hit of ExFi I needed. Fuck yeah! High quality man... you're the good shit!

[@Meoiswa]

The diagram for Ascaridole looks like it's extremely dissapointed with all other plants for not making organic peroxides.